| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1949 |
| Number: | 2 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Taha Hussein |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1889 |
| Year, Death: | 1973 |
| Profession: | Author, Egyptian-Arabic scholar |
| Country: | EGYPT (EG) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Ahmad Lutfi el-Sayed |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | President of the Fuad I Academy, author, politician, professor |
| University: | Fuad I Academy |
| City: | Cairo |
| Country: | EGYPT (EG) |
| Comments: | Several other members of the Fuad I Academy also nominated Taha Hussein. |