
Tahar Ben Jelloun is a Moroccan poet and writer The entirety of his work is written in French, although his first language is Arabic.After attending a bilingual Arabic French elementary school, Ben Jalloun studied French in Tangier, Morocco until he was 18 years old He continued his studies in philosophy at Mohammed V University in Rabat, where he composed his first poems 1971.After this poi Tahar Ben Jelloun is a Moroccan poet and writer The entirety of his work is written in French, although his first language is Arabic.After attending a bilingual Arabic French elementary school, Ben Jalloun studied French in Tangier, Morocco until he was 18 years old He continued his studies in philosophy at Mohammed V University in Rabat, where he composed his first poems 1971.After this point, he worked as a professor in Morocco, teaching philosophy first in Tetouan and then in Casablanca He moved to Paris to continue his studies in psychology, and began to write extensively.Starting in 1972, he began to write articles and reviews for the French newspaper Le Monde , and in 1975 he received his doctorate in social psychiatry In 1985 he published the novel The Sand Child, which was widely celebrated He won the Prix Goncourt in 1987 for his novel The Sacred Night His novels The Sand Child and The Sacred Night are translated into 43 languages Tahar Ben Jalloun is regularly asked to give speeches and lectures at universities worldwide both in Morocco, and all over Europe.In 2004 he was awarded the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for This Blinding Absence of Light translated from the French by Linda Coverdale He was rewarded the Ulysse s Prize in 2005 for the entirety of his workIn September 2006, he was awarded a special prize for peace and friendship between people at Lazio between Europe and the Mediterranean Festival On 1 February 2008, Nicolas Sarkozy awarded him the Cross of Grand Officer of the L gion d honneur.Tahar Ben Jelloun is married and father of 4 children He lives in Paris 1 1944 1955 1966 94 1965 1971
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