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Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha ( arz, نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز ابراهيم احمد الباشا, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. ...

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in 1943. An

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translation by Anthony Calderbank appeared in 2003 published by American University in Cairo Press. The novel is one of several that Mahfouz wrote at the beginning of his career, with Pharaonic Egypt as their setting. Others in this series of novels include '' Khufu's Wisdom'' (1939) and '' Thebes at War'' (1944). All have been translated into English and appeared in one volume under the title ''Three Novels of Ancient Egypt'' ( Everyman's Library, 2007).

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Arabic-language novels Novels by Naguib Mahfouz Egyptian historical novels 1943 novels Novels set in ancient Egypt Fiction set in the 22nd century BC {{1940s-hist-novel-stub