Mahmud Taymur (16 June 1894–25 August 1973) was a

fiction writer Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditi ...

. He contributed to several publications.

Biography

He was born in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

on 16 June 1894. into a family famous for literature. His father, Ahmed Taymour (1871-1930) was a well-known writer, who was known for his broad interests in Arab heritage, and he was a researcher in the arts of

Arabic language Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

, literature and history. Ahmed Taymur left a great library, which is "Timurid", which is considered an ammunition for researchers to date in the Egyptian Books House, including the anecdotes of books and manuscripts. His brother Mohammed wrote the first short story in

Arabic literature Arabic literature ( ar, الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī'') is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is '' Adab'', which is derived from ...

. Mahmud Taymur was among the contributors of '' Al Katib Al Misri'', a Cairo-based literary magazine which was launched in October 1945.

References

20th-century Egyptian writers 1894 births 1973 deaths Egyptian male writers Egyptian short story writers Writers from Cairo {{Egypt-writer-stub