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Taha Hussein
Egyptian writer and literary critic (1889–1973).
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Statements about
Taha Hussein
Notable Work
The Future of Culture in Egypt
On Pre-Islamic Poetry
Educated At
Faculty of Arts of Paris
University of Montpellier
Cairo University
Al-Azhar University
Instance Of
Human
Date of Birth
11/14/1889
11/15/1889
Date of Death
10/28/1973
Place of Death
Cairo
Occupation
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Linguist
Translator
Writer
Literary Critic
University Teacher
Politician
Literary Scholar
Novelist
Literary Historian
Lecturer
Poet
Medical Condition
Blindness
Country of Citizenship
Ottoman Empire
(1889 - 1914)
End Cause
:
History of Egypt Under the British
Start Time
:
1889
End Time
:
1914
Sultanate of Egypt
(1914 - 1922)
Start Time
:
1914
End Time
:
1922
Kingdom of Egypt
(1922 - 1953)
End Cause
:
1952 Egyptian Revolution
Start Time
:
1922
End Time
:
1953
Republic of Egypt
(1953 - 1958)
Start Time
:
1953
End Time
:
1958
United Arab Republic
(1958 - 1971)
Start Time
:
1958
End Time
:
1971
Egypt
(1971 - 10/28/1973)
End Cause
:
Death
Start Time
:
1971
End Time
:
10/28/1973
Employer
Cairo University
Place of Birth
Minya Governorate
Award Received
11 items
Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise
(1950)
Point in Time
:
1950
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile
Order of Merit
Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar
Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic
Order of the Republic
United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights
(1973)
Point in Time
:
1973
Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
Honorary Doctor of the University of Palermo
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Montpellier
(1946)
Point in Time
:
1946
Doctor Honoris Causa From the University of Lyon
(1938)
Point in Time
:
1938
Name in Native Language
طه حسين
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Described by Source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:
Хусейн Таха
Dictionary of African Biography
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Africa: An Encyclopedic Reference
Volume
:
2
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
Arabic
French
Latin
English
Korean
Ottoman Turkish
Turkish
Nominated For
10 items
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1949)
Point in Time
:
1949
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1950)
Point in Time
:
1950
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1951)
Point in Time
:
1951
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1952)
Point in Time
:
1952
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1960)
Point in Time
:
1960
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1961)
Point in Time
:
1961
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1962)
Point in Time
:
1962
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1963)
Point in Time
:
1963
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1964)
Point in Time
:
1964
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1965)
Point in Time
:
1965
Given Name
Taha
Sex or Gender
Male
Religion or Worldview
Islam
Academic Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
(1918)
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Doctoral Advisor
:
Émile Durkheim
Point in Time
:
1918
Professorship
Professor
Interested In
History
Spouse
Sūzān Ṭāhā Ḥusayn
Pronunciation Audio
Family Name
Hussein
Position Held
Minister of Education of Egypt
(1/12/1950 - 1/27/1952)
Subject Named As
:
وزير التموين
Member of Cabinet
:
7th Mustafa Al-Nahhas Cabinet
Replaces
:
Mohamed Hasan Al-Ashmawi Pasha
Replaced By
:
Abdul Khalek Hassouna
Start Time
:
1/12/1950
End Time
:
1/27/1952
President of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo
(1963 - 1973)
Replaced By
:
Ibrāhīm Madkūr
Series Ordinal
:
3
Start Time
:
1963
End Time
:
1973
Noble Title
Doctor
(12/20/1950 - )
Start Time
:
12/20/1950
Student
Amīn Al-Khawlī
Mohammed Abdul Moid Khan
Member Of
Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo
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Field of Work
Literary Studies
Arabic Studies
Semitic
Author
Writer
Lecturer
University Teacher
Poet
Child
Moe͏̈nis Taha-Hussein
Writing Language
Ottoman Turkish
Academic Major
:
Ibn Khaldun
Replaces
:
Ahmad Lutfi Al-Sayyid
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