Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun is a Moroccan writer. All of his work is written in French although his first language is Darija. He became known for his 1985 novel L’Enfant de Sable. He now lives in Paris, France, and continues to write. He has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

1 December 1944

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