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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988
Naguib Mahfouz

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988

Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988 was awarded to Naguib Mahfouz "who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind".

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