1988 Nobel Prize in Literature

1988 Nobel Prize in Literature
Naguib Mahfouz
"who, through works rich in nuance – now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous – has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind."
Date
  • 13 October 1988 (1988-10-13) (announcement)
  • 10 December 1988
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) "who, through works rich in nuance – now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous – has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind."[1] He is the first and only Arabic–Egyptian recipient of the prize.[2][3]

  1. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988 nobelprize.org
  2. ^ Naguib Mahfouz britannica.com
  3. ^ Sheila Rule (14 October 1988). "Nobel Prize in Literature Awarded To an Arabic Writer for First Time". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 May 2021.