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Waguih Ghali
Egyptian writer
Waguih Ghali (25 February 1927/1928/1929 – 5 January 1969) was an Egyptian writer, best known for his novel Beer in the Snooker Club (André Deutsch, 1964).
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Fearing political persecution, Ghali spent his adult years impoverished, living in exile in Europe. He died on 5 January 1969, after a fatal overdose of sleeping pills taken 10 days before.
Biography
Waguih Ghali was born in Alexandria, Egypt to a Coptic family.
According to Ghali's friend and editor, Diana Athill, Ghali carefully obscured details about his past.[1] Ghali's diary confirms his birthdate (25 February), but not his birth year.
Waguih ghali biography
He was probably born between 1927 and 1929. When he was young, his father died, and his mother (née Ibrahim) remarried. In his diary Ghali writes about his family's financial struggles. Homeless, he shuttled among friends and relatives in both Alexandria and Cairo.
Yet, members of his extended family were wealthy and influential, and there ar