Taha Hussein
(1889-1973)
Egyptian writer
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Taha Hussein (Arabic: طه حسين; 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). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty-one times.
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14 November 1889 Minya Governorate, Khedivate of Egypt
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28 October 1973 (aged 83) Cairo, Egypt
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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