Author: Amr Khaldony
The life of the writer Naguib Mahfouz
His life
Naguib Mahfouz was born on December 11, 1911 in the heart of Old Cairo aesthetic District. He spent his childhood amid the small streets leading to the Al-Azhar Mosque, whichh millennium, which also lead to the Hussein mosque old about (the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, peace) located inside the exquisite shrine containing the head of Imam Hussein. As these small streets also lead to many other ancient mosques older than hundreds of years and to the schools built in the Middle Ages and still found so far to the old khans (inns), which had come down in the past where traders and travelers accompanied by camels
These buildings are used shaped spectacular architecture now Kamrasm for painters, sculptors and contemporaryy pieces which are formed functional modern
The aesthetic District that inspired his literary works of Naguib Mahfouz. He always feels happy in the alleys of Khann el-Khalili and in the streets of small narrow where there aree up to the present old houses (many of which still exist on the doors raised his book indicates it was built in the thirteenth or fourteenth century), there where the smell of incense in all step, where you find around you everywhere the same features of the faces and costumes so that we know from paintings and old photographs
Here connects the old with the modern reality in strange and unique by almost Naguib Mahfouz in most of his works
According to remind him of Naguib Mahfouz, the first book he wrote when he was a pupil primary school, he was after the Nerd the prescribed texts until almost keeps them by heart, back to his home and re-written after that adds to it his adventures with his friends and then put his name somewhere one the authors of the book, writes on book cover name of a well-known publishers. This was the first step in the road for the Nobel Prize
Naguib Mahfouz completed his studies at Cairo University (King Fouad I University at the time) Department off Philosophy in 1934. In addition to his literary (and within this activity book movies Senemaiah scenarios!) Naguib Mahfouzz served for many years, government jobs are different. He has worked in different places, including work in university administration and in the Department of Culture, Ministry of National Guidance, as well as the work of a sergeant of works as well as technical adviser to the Ministry of Culture
He has received at last on a special office in the newspaper Al-Ahram daily as usual, which are followed with a lot of well-known adult book
Naguib Mahfouz began his literary typing short story (the first collection of short stories have appeared in 1938), after which he began to write the novel (long story). During the long literary career also wrote poetry. With the emergence of the pharaonic power after the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, he wrote two novels revolve Ahaddathma historical periods in the Pharaonic era. Forty years later again back to his book, a historical novel sett in the Pharaonic era, but this time be historical events symbols and references to the problems of modern Egypt and its struggle against the English occupiers
Naguib Mahfouz, then moved to the next stage is the stage of his social novels pictures of Egyptian society in the twentieth century, severe realistically and accurately is Basic
Naguib Mahfouz's work has taken in the period following the symbolic character and were novels and short stories written by at this stage codenamed philosophical character disappears behind thee images and scenes of life that provided by its
Naguib Mahfouz's work has always been associated with specific things. Also today we can walk the streets of Cairo reverting steps. It is known for Naguib Mahfouz it does not tolerate travel andd move from place to place, except to spend summer vacation in Alexandria almost did not travel outside of Cairo. So that in 1988, he did not travel to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize andd traveled on his behalf by his daughters Fatima and Umm Kulthum
He was to travel to Alexandria role models in summer the king and the government the whole (up to the present there Tram Station in Alexandria called the station Ministry) is a continuation of his literary and cultural in a nicer atmosphere of Joe Cairo, accompanied by the roar of the waves of the sea
The cafeterias Alexandria famous such as San Stefano and Cecil and Petro-turn in the summer for the salons of Literary can budding writers and intellectuals, the next to be interviewed Naguib Mahfouz other writers, such as Tawfiq al-Hakim and Tharwat Abaza and others. In these interviews were read business book andd hear the views of young adult writers and critics in this business. This tradition helped to a large extent on the growth and Azdhar branches of Egyptian culture this section in various fields. Thesee writers, who were juniors at this time we find them today occupy top places in the center of the literary and cultural
More acts of Naguib Mahfouz famous of which got the largest amount of appreciation (of his books published, which number nearly fifty authors) Tri. It consists of three novels Tricycle long endure three streets from the streets of old Cairo, where takes place names. It describes the Naguib Mahfouz changes on the lives of Egyptian family in the first half of the twentieth century. And addresses of the three novels are: between the two palaces and the Palace of Desire and sugary was Tricycle published in 1957. The trilogy is a deep and comprehensive record of life in Egypt at that time, as well as the customs, traditions and moral values prevailing and also of the currents and trends political, philosophical and literary. And see the full picture of the community as well as the changes taking place in various fields and accompanying succession of generations
Naguib Mahfouz was secretly divulges respect treble stated that trick in the first image was one novel a very long number of pages exceeds 1300 pages handwritten titled "between Algosrien" which is the name of a street in Old Cairo, in which there is the family home of the heroes of the novel. Naguib Mahfouz was left the only version of the novel to a publisher, who was not eager to publish this novel too long. After a year full Call Bnaguib Mahfouz great writer Yusuf Sibai and expressed his willingness to publish the novel serialized magazine new pages will be issued and will be called "the new message." Fortunately, the only version of the novel and left by Naguib Mahfouz, the publisher was not exposed to loss. And thus had the opportunity to read the first readers of Panorama realistic time taken from the reality of their lives and that the reader feels that heroes live with him in the same street, which dwells
Thus proven local Egyptian universality. After the novel was published in episodes in the Journal of the new message, a publisher in nature and published after the split of three novels
All the stories and novels of Naguib Mahfouz other people also address community problems. Gradually increasing attention Bnaguib within the literary archive in Egypt and abroad
Along with many of the national awards, including the Nile Collar highest decoration in Egypt, and many accolades Arabic, awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy biggest prize in the world of literature, a Nobel Prize
Naguib Mahfouz won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988, according to the Commission in the reasons for giving him the prize: "It is through creations rich with emotion - sometimes severe realism and sometimes vaguely unusual - Innovate Mahfouz art of Arabic novel told by mankind
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