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Tahar Ben Jelloun

Author · born December 1, 1944

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Tahar Ben Jelloun is a Moroccan writer who rose to fame for his 1985 novel L'Enfant de sable. Although his first language is Darija, his works are written in French. He has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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  1. ~43Named Prix Goncourt1987
  2. ~60Received the Dublin Literary Award2004

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