WRITER

Naguib Mahfouz

1911 - 2006

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Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha (Arabic: نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز ابراهيم احمد الباشا, IPA: [næˈɡiːb mɑħˈfuːzˤ]; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize, the Swedish Academy described him as a writer "who, through works rich in nuance – now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous – has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind". Mahfouz is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers in Arabic literature, along with Taha Hussein, to explore themes of existentialism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Naguib Mahfouz has received more than 1,416,313 page views. His biography is available in 135 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 129 in 2019). Naguib Mahfouz is the 151st most popular writer (up from 164th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 39th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Writer.

Naguib Mahfouz is most famous for his novel, The Cairo Trilogy. This trilogy consists of Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, and Sugar Street.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 78.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 135

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Naguib Mahfouz ranks 151 out of 7,302. Before him are Dr. Seuss, Eugène Ionesco, Joan Fuster, Elias Canetti, William Faulkner, and Jean Racine. After him are Annie Ernaux, Joseph Conrad, Catullus, Novalis, Fernando Pessoa, and Karen Blixen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Naguib Mahfouz ranks 6. Before him are Ronald Reagan, Josef Mengele, Konstantin Chernenko, Georges Pompidou, and Baba Vanga. After him are Władysław Szpilman, Emil Cioran, Juan Manuel Fangio, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Todor Zhivkov, and William Golding. Among people deceased in 2006, Naguib Mahfouz ranks 6. Before him are Saddam Hussein, Augusto Pinochet, Ferenc Puskás, Slobodan Milošević, and Gerald Ford. After him are Milton Friedman, Stanisław Lem, James Brown, Philippe Noiret, Syd Barrett, and Oriana Fallaci.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Naguib Mahfouz ranks 34 out of 642. Before him are Khafra (-2550), Khufu (-2700), Ay (-1380), Athanasius of Alexandria (295), Seti I (-1323), and Diophantus (201). After him are Ankhesenamun (-1347), Omar Sharif (1932), Horemheb (-1319), Menkaure (-2001), Umm Kulthum (1898), and Caesarion (-47).

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  • Photo of Khafra

    Khafra

    POLITICIAN

    2550 BC - 2479 BC

    HPI: 78.86

    Rank: 28

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    Khufu

    ARCHITECT

    2700 BC - 2570 BC

    HPI: 78.82

    Rank: 29

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    Ay

    POLITICIAN

    1380 BC - 1400 BC

    HPI: 78.48

    Rank: 30

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    Athanasius of Alexandria

    PHILOSOPHER

    295 - 373

    HPI: 78.44

    Rank: 31

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    Seti I

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1323 BC - 1279 BC

    HPI: 78.38

    Rank: 32

  • Photo of Diophantus

    Diophantus

    MATHEMATICIAN

    201 - 300

    HPI: 78.38

    Rank: 33

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    Naguib Mahfouz

    WRITER

    1911 - 2006

    HPI: 78.24

    Rank: 34

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    Ankhesenamun

    COMPANION

    1347 BC - 1400 BC

    HPI: 78.21

    Rank: 35

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    Omar Sharif

    ACTOR

    1932 - 2015

    HPI: 78.03

    Rank: 36

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    Horemheb

    POLITICIAN

    1319 BC - 1292 BC

    HPI: 78.01

    Rank: 37

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    Menkaure

    POLITICIAN

    2001 BC - 2503 BC

    HPI: 77.85

    Rank: 38

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    Umm Kulthum

    SINGER

    1898 - 1975

    HPI: 77.83

    Rank: 39

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    Caesarion

    POLITICIAN

    47 BC - 30 BC

    HPI: 77.73

    Rank: 40

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Naguib Mahfouz ranks 1. After him are Sayyid Qutb (1906), Appian (95), Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876), Apollonius of Rhodes (-295), Lactantius (250), Constantine P. Cavafy (1863), Athenaeus (200), Claudian (370), Nonnus (500), Taha Hussein (1889), and Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190).

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