Mahmud Tahir Haqqi (1884-1964) was an Egyptian writer and author of one of the earliest Egyptian novels. He was a founding member of the “New School” of Arabic writing.
Personal life
Haqqi was from a family of Turkish origin. He was the uncle of Yahya Haqqi.
References
- Allen, Roger (1992), "The beginnings of the Arabic novel", in Badawī, Muḥammad Muṣṭafá (ed.), Modern Arabic Literature, Volume 3, Cambridge University Press, p. 190, ISBN 0521331978
- ^ Brugman, J. (1984), An introduction to the history of modern Arabic literature in Egypt, BRILL, p. 263, ISBN 90-04-07172-5,
Yahya Haqqi was born in...a Turco-Egyptian family...Yahya's uncle Mahmud Tahir Haqqi, the author of one of the early Egyptian novels,...
- Siddiq, Muhammad (2007), Arab Culture and the Novel: Genre, Identity and Agency in Egyptian Fiction, Routledge, p. 27, ISBN 978-1135980511