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Taha Hussein

1889 – 1973 · aged 84

Egyptian writer and literary critic (1889–1973)

Born
14 Nov 1889 · Maghagha
Died
28 Oct 1973 · Cairo
Part ofOttoman Empire1299 – 1922Egypt2,800 BCE – todayKingdom of Egypt1868 – 1953Sultanate of Egypt1868 – 1922United Arab Republic1889 – 1971Republic of Egypt1889 – 1958

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 97 years
  1. 14 Nov 1889BornBorn in Maghagha
  2. 1938AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon
  3. 1946AwardHonorary doctorate of the University of Montpellier
  4. 1950 – 1952RoleMinister of Education of Egypt
  5. 1950AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
  6. 1950AwardGrand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise
  7. 1963 – 1973RolePresident of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo
  8. 1973AwardUnited Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights
  9. 28 Oct 1973DiedDied in Cairo

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1889 – 1973).

  1. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  2. 1898Spanish–American War
  3. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  4. 1914 – 1918World War I
  5. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  6. 1917Balfour Declaration
  7. 1917February Revolution
  8. 1917October Revolution
  9. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  10. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  11. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  12. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  13. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  14. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  15. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  16. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1938Munich Agreement
  18. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  19. 1939 – 1945World War II
  20. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  21. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  22. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  23. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  24. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  25. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  26. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  27. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  29. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  30. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  32. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  33. 1956Suez Crisis
  34. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  36. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  37. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  38. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  39. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  40. 1968Prague Spring

Biography

Taha Hussein (Arabic: طه حسين, romanized: Ṭāhā Ḥusayn, Egyptian Arabic: [ˈtˤɑːhɑ ħ(e)ˈseːn]; 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, romanized: ʿAmīd al-Adab al-ʿArabī).

He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty-one times.

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