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Person

Yusuf Idris

1927-1991

Egyptian writer (1927-1991)

Known for: novelist
Primary category: Artists and Writers
Active period: 1927-1991

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Entity type: Person
Primary category: Artists and Writers
Identification: identified
Date: 1927-1991
Date range: 1927–1991
Date precision: Year
Calendar: Gregorian

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Biographical note

Yusuf Idris, also spelled Yusof Idris was an Egyptian writer of plays, short stories, and novels.

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Award: Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature

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Bibliotheque nationale de France ID: 120042766
GND ID: 118995847
ISNI: 0000000121433321
Instance of: human
Library of Congress authority ID: n80136333
Relation candidate: notable work: A House of Flesh (Q109298256)
Relation candidate: notable work: Al-Farāfīr (Q111017630)
Relation candidate: place of birth: Faqous (Q951439)
Relation candidate: place of death: London (Q84)
VIAF ID: 90716257
Nationality: Egypt
Occupation: novelist
Occupation: physician writer
Occupation: playwright
Occupation: writer

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Wikimedia authority: Wikidata item Q733393: Yusuf Idris
Wikimedia authority: Arabic Wikipedia
Wikimedia authority: English Wikipedia: Yusuf Idris

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Artists and Writers · primary
Modern Novels and Authors