Mahfouz, Naguib (also Nagib Mahfuz)

Egyptian novelist

wrote novels "The Thief and the Dogs" 1961, "The Beggar" 1965, "Palace Walk" 1990, "Adrift on the Nile" 1993, trilogy "The Cairo Trilogy" 1956-1957

Nobel Prize in Literature 1988

• "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."
• "Happy is he who can give himself up."