Tahar Ben Jelloun
(b.1944 in Fez, Morocco) is a writer living in Tanger and Paris. His novels include L'Enfant de sable [The Sand Child] (1985), La nuit sacre [The Sacred Night] (1987, winner of the Prix Goncourt ), Jour de silence a Tanger [Silent Day in Tangier] (1990), Les yeux baisses [With Downcast Eyes] (1991, winner of the Prix des Hemispheres), and This Blinding Absence of Light (2003, winner of the international Impac Dublin Literary Award).
Eurozine Articles
The last immigrant
A fable
Following the mass deportation of North African Arabs, words start mysteriously disappearing from the French language, turning France into a nation of stutterers... [more]
Pride and prejudice
Religions tend to suffer from humourlessness -- but that doesn't disentitle them to respect, says Tahar Ben Jelloun. [more]





