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| Egypt Nobel laureate Mahfouz dies | |
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| Egypt's Nobel Prize-winning writer Naguib Mahfouz has died in hospital in the capital, Cairo, aged 94. | Egypt's Nobel Prize-winning writer Naguib Mahfouz has died in hospital in the capital, Cairo, aged 94. |
| Mahfouz had been in hospital since mid-July after he fell during a midnight stroll and injured his head. | Mahfouz had been in hospital since mid-July after he fell during a midnight stroll and injured his head. |
| His vibrant, colourful portrayal of capital in his Cairo Trilogy won the 1988 Nobel Prize for literature. | His vibrant, colourful portrayal of capital in his Cairo Trilogy won the 1988 Nobel Prize for literature. |
| He had suffered health problems since being stabbed in the neck in 1994 by an Islamist extremist, angry at his portrayal of God in one of his novels. | He had suffered health problems since being stabbed in the neck in 1994 by an Islamist extremist, angry at his portrayal of God in one of his novels. |
| MAHFOUZ FACTS 1911: Born in Cairo1934:Graduated in philosophy from Cairo University 1959: Al-Azhar, one of the most important Islamic institutions in the world bans novel because it includes characters representing God and the prophets1988: First and only Arab to win Nobel Prize for literature1994: Mahfouz stabbed in the neck by Islamist militant angered by his work | |
| After that incident, he was in hospital for seven weeks and suffered nerve damage in his neck, which limited his ability to write and caused his eyesight and hearing to deteriorate. | After that incident, he was in hospital for seven weeks and suffered nerve damage in his neck, which limited his ability to write and caused his eyesight and hearing to deteriorate. |
| Naguib Mahfouz's Nobel Prize brought international recognition to a man already regarded in the Middle East as one of its best writers and premier intellectuals. | Naguib Mahfouz's Nobel Prize brought international recognition to a man already regarded in the Middle East as one of its best writers and premier intellectuals. |
| He has published more than 30 novels, short stories, plays, newspaper columns, essays, travelogues, memoirs and political analyses. | He has published more than 30 novels, short stories, plays, newspaper columns, essays, travelogues, memoirs and political analyses. |