Naguib Mahfouz was born on December 11, 1911 in Cairo, Egypt. He was a writer, known for El Fetewa (1957), The Monster (1954) and El tarik el masdud (1958). He was married to Atiyyatallah Ibrahim. He died on August 30, 2006 in Cairo, Egypt.
Was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988.
He is best known for his Cairo Trilogy, which describes life in the
more than 1,000-year-old Islamic quarter of the Egyptian capital where
he was born.
19 July 2006: hospitalized in intensive care after falling and injuring
his head.
He survived an assassination attempt in 1994 when he was stabbed in the
neck. The attack left him with impaired eyesight and reduced mobility
in his writing hand.
Survived by his wife, Attiyatullah, and two daughters, Fatima and Umm
Kulthoum.
"I wrote 'The Seventh Heaven' because I want to believe something good
will happen to me after death. Spirituality, for me, is of high
importance and continuously provides inspiration for me." - Associated
Press interview on his 94th birthday.