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August 30

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  1. 1914 CEMesopotamian · born

    Jean Bottéro, the French Assyriologist known for his studies of Mesopotamian religion and writing, was born in Vallauris.

  2. 2006 CEIslamic · died

    Naguib Mahfouz, the Egyptian novelist and first Arabic-language writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, died in Cairo.

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