Mahfouz Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers, Islam, Muslims, Mosques
- Curriculum: African History, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Scandinavia, Stockholm
- Date: October, 1988
Article abstract: Recognition of the literary importance of Naguib Mahfouz’s fifty-year career marked the first time a Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to a writer in Arabic.
Summary of Event
The announcement in the fall of 1988 that the Nobel Prize in Literature was being awarded to the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz may have appeared to be a turning point in the history of the Nobel Prize program, as very few literature laureates during the previous decades had come from non-Western countries. The earliest, in 1913, had been awarded to the...
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