I am very saddened by Naguib Mahfouz's death. But the undying flames of his works will continue to brighten the path of both African and Arabian literature.
Africa lost one of its greatest leaders in the field of literature. Mahfouz's works which are translated into English.
He became my best friend in university years and continued to keep me enlightened. I cried after reading many of his books as he so vividly portrayed human sufferings. Subsequently I searched for his books and purchased every book I ever came across and read with great interest as I was addicted to his books.
Naguib Mahfouz in 1988 in the news announcing the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. What is your reaction to the death of Naguib Mahfouz? The Nobel foundation described Mahfouz as indefatigable, and, beside his literary achievements, that is how many Egyptians will remember him. In 1994, Mahfouz was attacked outside his home by Muslim extremists said to have been incensed by his treatment of religious themes in the book. His novel known in English as Children of Gebelawi was banned in Egypt, and he was accused of blasphemy. Most of Mahfouz's novels focused on the lives of ordinary Egyptians in Cairo - his realistic style reaching a peak with the publication in the late 1950s of an immense family saga.Īfter that Mahfouz experimented with a more mystical style, sometimes arousing the anger of religious conservatives. "So, for example, in my most recent favourite haunt - the Qasr al-Nil cafe - among the artists, writers and thinkers that used to come to talk to me there, there wasn't a single person who was my age or from my generation, even. "To tell you the truth, I've never lost touch with the new generation of young writers," Mahfouz said. He remains the only Arab to have won the prize, and although it brought him great acclaim he never moved out of his modest flat beside the Nile in Cairo, or stopped his regular trips to cafes for literary discussions. 1994: Mahfouz stabbed in the neck by Islamist militant angered by his work
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