Naguib Mahfouz, a Bibliography: Arabic, English, French.

• Author: Moosa, Matti

The interest of scholars and readers in the literary work of Naguib Mahfouz predates the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. By the 1950s Mahfouz was recognized as one of the prominent writers in the Arab world. The Nobel Prize, however, catapulted him into worldwide fame and his works have been translated into several foreign languages.

A prolific writer, Mahfouz' literary output includes more than thirty novels, short stories, anthologies and plays. His voluminous novel, al-Thulathiyya (Trilogy) translated into English and published by Doubleday testifies to the interest of the English speaking world in the works of Mahfouz.

Ragai N. Makar, Head, Middle East Library, University of Utah, has compiled a substantial bibliography of Mahfouz' literary works. The bibliography includes an introduction and is divided into three parts. The first, in Arabic, is comprehensive and includes Mahfouz' novels, with first and last printings, short stories arranged according to their dates of publication, short plays, dramatized works, films based on his works, articles written by Mahfouz, interviews arranged alphabetically, literary criticism of Mahfouz' works and articles, and chapters in books. The second part, in English, contains Mahfouz' works translated into English, dissertations, and miscellaneous literary studies on Mahfouz...