The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Literature, 1901-1950

Year:	1949
Number:	2-0
Nominee:
Name:	Taha Hussein
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1889
Year, death:	1973
Profession:	Author, Egyptian-Arabic scholar
Country:	EG (EGYPT)
Nominator:
Name:	Ahmad Lutfi el-Sayed
Gender:	M
Profession:	President of the Fuad I Academy, author, politician, professor
Affiliation:	Fuad I Academy
City:	Cairo
Country:	EG (EGYPT)
Comment:	Several other members of the Fuad I Academy also nominated Taha Hussein.