#mahfouz
Weeks ago, Austria novelist Peter Handke was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience." The news, controversial as it was, served as a reminder that the prestigious award is not that far off from Egypt. Thirty-one years ago, exactly on the 13th of October 1988, Naguib Mahfouz became the first Egyptian to win Nobel Prize in literature. This prize came with full…
