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Egyptian writer and literary critic (1889–1973)

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Works
15

Top works

  • Egyptian Childhood
  • Grande Epreuve
  • Au-delà du Nil (French Edition)
  • Man of Letters
  • Days

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Film & TV

Writing · Egypt

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1973-04-03
Active to
2015-07-10
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Listeners
1
Total plays
9

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Quotes

  • Knowledge is like water and air: it is every citizen's right to enjoy it for free.

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Key facts

Born
( 1889-11-14 ) November 14, 1889 , Maghagha , Khedivate of Egypt
Died
October 28, 1973 (1973-10-28) (aged 83) , Cairo , Egypt
Awards
Order of the Nile
Era
Modern literary theory
School
Modernism Classical Arabic literature Nahda
Main interests
Classical Arabic literature Islamic history Mediterranean culture

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date of birth
1889-11-15
date of death
1973-10-28
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name in native language
طه حسين
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Taha Hussein (Arabic: طه حسين, romanized: Ṭaha Ḥusayn, Egyptian Arabic: [ˈtˤɑːhɑ ħ(e)ˈseːn]; November 15, 1889 – October 28, 1973) was among the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a leading figure of the Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab world. His sobriquet was "The Dean of Arabic Literature" (Arabic: عميد الأدب العربي, romanized: ʿAmīd al-Adab al-ʿArabī). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty-one times.

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