Egypt
- Ahmed Shawki (1868–1932)
- Hafez Ibrahim (1872–1932)
- Salama Moussa (1887–1958)
- Taha Hussein (1889–1973)
- Fekry Pasha Abaza (1896–1979)
- Tawfik El Hakim (1898–1987), playwright.
- Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1909–1956)
- Abo El Seoud El Ebiary (1910–1969)
- Naguib Mahfouz, (1911–2006), novelist, short story writer and playwright awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Edmond Jabès (1912–1991)
- Tatamkulu Afrika, also connected with South Africa (1920–2002)
- Andrée Chedid (1920–2011), poet and novelist.
- Mustafa Mahmoud (1921–2009)
- Fathy Ghanem (1924–1998), novelist, journalist and editor.
- Anis Mansour (1925–2011)
- Yusuf Idris (1927–1991)
- Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996)
- Mohammad Moustafa Haddara (1930–1997)
- Samir Amin (1931– )
- Nawâl El Saadâwi (1931– ), feminist writer and activist.
- Sonallah Ibrahim (1937– )
- Abdel Rahman El Abnudi (1938– )
- Leila Ahmed (1940– )
- Gamal Al-Ghitani (1945– )
- Ahdaf Soueif (1950– )
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Famous quotes containing the word egypt:
“New York, you are an Egypt! But an Egypt turned inside out. For she erected pyramids of slavery to death, and you erect pyramids of democracy with the vertical organ-pipes of your skyscrapers all meeting at the point of infinity of liberty!”
—Salvador Dali (1904–1989)
“The LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders; and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 26:8.
“Hieratic, slim and fair,
the tracery written here,
proclaims what’s left unsaid
in Egypt of her dead.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)