Raymond Stock, a doctoral student in Arabic literature at the University of Pennsylvania, is writing a biography of Naguib Mahfouz, with his cooperation, for Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Since December 1999 he has been working on a project with the Nobel Library at the Swedish Academy to improve its collections of non-Western literature. He lives in Cairo, Detroit and Philadelphia.
Cultures of Creativity: The Centennial Celebration of the Nobel Prizes
Spring 2001
Naguib Mahfouz: A Translator’s View
Naguib Mahfouz, who in 1988 became the first Arab Nobel Laureate l in Literature, has published roughly sixty books, covering virtually every style and genre of fiction. His subject has […]
Fiction
Spring 2001
A Voice from the Other World*
From the Arabic. 1. By God, what does this tomb want for the good things of a bygone existence? It is a fragment of life’s essence rich with lusciousness and […]