December 11, 1911 - August 30, 2006
Egyptian novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, newspaper columnist, playwright and civil servant
Author of "Palace of Desire", "Children of Gebelawi" and "Arabian Nights and Days"
Became the 1st Egyptian to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988
His full name was Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha