Naguib Mahfouz

Anna

31-08-2006 13:23

Ach wat treurig dat hij is overleden. Vandaag krijgt hij een staatsbegrafenis. Ik heb tot nu toe zijn boeken Midaq Alley en Miramar gelezen, prachtig. Welke boeken moet ik zéker nog van hem lezen? Ik zit te denken aan de trilogie.

Jol

31-08-2006 13:30

Beste Anna,

Voor deze keer mag een link denk ik best wel.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1988/mahfouz-bio.html

Naguib Mahfouz.

Jol

31-08-2006 13:37

Ik denk dat de link niet werkt.

Dus plak ik voor een keertje iets (sorry)

Born in Cairo in 1911, Naguib Mahfouz began writing when he was seventeen. His first novel was published in 1939 and ten more were written before the Egyptian Revolution of July 1952, when he stopped writing for several years. One novel was republished in 1953, however, and the appearance of the Cairo Triology, Bayn al Qasrayn, Qasr al Shawq, Sukkariya (Between-the-Palaces, Palace of Longing, Sugarhouse) in 1957 made him famous throughout the Arab world as a depictor of traditional urban life. With The Children of Gebelawi (1959), he began writing again, in a new vein that frequently concealed political judgements under allegory and symbolism. Works of this second period include the novels, The Thief and the Dogs (1961), Autumn Quail (1962), Small Talk on the Nile (1966), and Miramar (1967), as well as several collections of short stories.

Jol