Taha Hussein
Taha Hussein | |
|---|---|
طه حُسين | |
| Born | November 14, 1889 |
| Died | October 28, 1973 (aged 83) |
| Awards | Order of the Nile |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Modern literary theory |
| School | Modernism, Classical Arabic literature, Nahda |
| Main interests | Classical Arabic literature, Islamic history, Mediterranean culture |
Taha Hussein (Egyptian Arabic: [ˈtˤɑːhɑ ħ(e)ˈseːn], 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.