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Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006)

Author of Palace Walk

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Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 1911. He received a degree in philosophy from the University of Cairo. He took on several civil service and government department jobs to supplement his income while writing, but retired from that career in 1971. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 30 novels including The Games of Fate, The Cairo Trilogy, Children of Gebelawi, The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail, Small Talk on the Nile, and Miramar. He received numerous awards including the Egyptian State Prize, the Presidential Medal from the American University in Cairo, and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. He died as a result of a head injury on August 30, 2006 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Palace Walk… (more)
Palace Walk 2,721 copies, 57 reviews
Midaq Alley 1,400 copies, 37 reviews
Palace of Desire 1,364 copies, 16 reviews
Sugar Street 1,155 copies, 10 reviews
Fountain and Tomb 930 copies, 21 reviews
Arabian Nights and Days 767 copies, 12 reviews
Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth 537 copies, 27 reviews
Miramar 498 copies, 16 reviews
The Thief and the Dogs 462 copies, 12 reviews
The Harafish 399 copies, 9 reviews
Adrift on the Nile 295 copies, 8 reviews
The Beginning and the End 294 copies, 4 reviews
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma 277 copies, 6 reviews
The Day the Leader Was Killed 225 copies, 5 reviews
Khufu's Wisdom 183 copies, 9 reviews
Karnak Café 183 copies, 9 reviews
Rhadopis of Nubia 173 copies, 7 reviews
Thebes at War 170 copies, 3 reviews
Wedding Song 162 copies, 5 reviews
The Beggar 157 copies, 7 reviews
Respected Sir 150 copies, 3 reviews
Cairo Modern 150 copies, 3 reviews
The Search 149 copies, 6 reviews
Autumn Quail 117 copies, 4 reviews
Voices from the Other World 103 copies, 2 reviews
The Dreams 90 copies, 1 review
Morning and Evening Talk 87 copies, 2 reviews
The Seventh Heaven 81 copies, 2 reviews
Echoes of an Autobiography 75 copies, 1 review
Before the Throne 71 copies, 10 reviews
The Mirage 67 copies
Khan al-Khalili 66 copies, 1 review
Mirrors 62 copies, 2 reviews
The Tavern of the Black Cat 45 copies, 3 reviews
The Quarter: Stories 44 copies, 12 reviews
Heart of the Night (Author) 40 copies, 3 reviews
Cuentos ciertos e inciertos 26 copies, 1 review
Cairo 21 copies
Matin de roses 14 copies
Mijn Egypte 12 copies, 1 review
La ausencia 1964 4 copies, 1 review
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Midaq Alley 3 copies
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