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Najib Mahfuz, Nobel prize winner: A bibliographical essay

Magda El‐Sherbini (Coordinator of the monographic section of the cataloging department at the Ohio State University Libraries.)

Reference Services Review

ISSN: 0090-7324

Article publication date: 1 February 1995

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Abstract

Najib Mahfuz is the first Arab‐language author to win the Nobel Prize in literature. Born in 1911 the son of a middle‐class Jamaliyah merchant, he became the most popular novelist in Egypt and the Arab countries.

Citation

El‐Sherbini, M. (1995), "Najib Mahfuz, Nobel prize winner: A bibliographical essay", Reference Services Review, Vol. 23 No. 2, pp. 61-72. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb049246

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