Mansour was born in
Al-Mansoura on 18 August 1924. He obtained his BA in philosophy at
Cairo University in 1947 and started his journalistic career. He became the editor-in-chief of the
October magazine in 1976. Anis wrote more than 170 books on many subjects, some of which were translated into French, Dutch and Russian. He translated about 200 short stories and more than 20 plays into Arabic. He introduced
Alberto Moravia to the Arabic literature by being the first to translate his works. His most famous book is "حول العالم في 200 يوم : الحائز على جائزة الدولية / Ḥawla al-ʻālam fī 200 yawm : al-ḥāʼiz ʻalá jāʼizah al-dawlīyah", ("Around the World in 200 days") which documented his actual journey around the world in the early 1960s. The book details many facts and traditions of the countries he visited, including India, Japan, Australia (where he took interest in the local Lebanese community) and the United States, as well as his meeting with the
Dalai Lama. Anis died at age 87 in
Cairo on 21 October 2011. ==See also==