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It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.
Naguib Mahfouz
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Naguib Mahfouz
Age: 94 †
Born: 1911
Born: December 11
Died: 2006
Died: August 30
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Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha
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Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.
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We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.
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