Novelist
Naguib Mahfouz
The first Arabic language writer to win the Nobel Prize. He was stabbed in the neck at eighty-two by an extremist and never fully recovered the use of his writing hand.
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize, the Swedish Academy described him as a writer "who, through works rich in nuance, now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous, has formed an Egyptian narrative art that applies to all mankind".
- Born
- 1911-12-11, Cairo, EgyptA Monday
- Died
- 2006-08-30, Cairo, EgyptA Wednesday, aged 94
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Virgo
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1911-12-11, Cairo, Egypt · time unknown, noon chart
Africa/Cairothe zone used then
Africa/CairoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 18°15′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 1°29′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 8°38′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 2°13′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 26°34′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 0°12′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 14°25′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 27°09′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Cancer | 23°16′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 28°10′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2006-08-30, Cairo, Egypt · time unknown, noon chart
Africa/Cairothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 6°51′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 18°39′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 5°04′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 21°30′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 24°20′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 13°10′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Leo | 17°45′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 12°59′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 17°54′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 24°05′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Naguib Mahfouz was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.