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Taha Hussein
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Taha Hussein (1889–1973) was a male writer, linguist, translator, and literary critic born in Minya Governorate. He held citizenship in the Ottoman Empire, Sultanate of Egypt, Kingdom of Egypt, and Republic of Egypt. A professor at Cairo University, he was educated at Al-Azhar University, Cairo University, and the University of Montpellier, earning a Doctor of Philosophy degree. He was blind and interested in history.
His notable works include *On Pre-Islamic Poetry*, *Egyptian Childhood*, *Grande Epreuve*, *Au-delà du Nil*, *Man of Letters*, and *Days*. He received the Order of Merit, Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic, Order of the Republic, and the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He spoke Arabic, French, Latin, and English. He died in Cairo in 1973.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Egyptian Childhood
- Grande Epreuve
- Au-delà du Nil (French Edition)
- Man of Letters
- Days
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Egypt
- Place of birth
- Minya Governorate
- Place of death
- Cairo
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- Al-Azhar University
- Employer
- Cairo University
- Languages spoken
- Ottoman Turkish
- Religion
- Islam
- Notable work
- On Pre-Islamic Poetry
- Noble title
- Doctor
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Field of work
- poet
- Image
- TahaHussein.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1889-11-15
- date of death
- 1973-10-28
- medical condition
- blindness
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- Taha Hussein
- name in native language
- طه حسين
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- professorship
- professor
- interested in
- history
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
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- writing language
- Ottoman Turkish
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life
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