(1949-02-25) 25 February 1949 (age 75) Beirut, Lebanon
Occupation
Writer, scholar and novelist, Perpetual Secretary of the Académie Française (elected September 28, 2023)
Language
French
Notable works
Leo Africanus, The Rock of Tanios, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, Samarkand
Amin Maalouf (French:[maluf]; Arabic: أمين معلوفArabic pronunciation:[maʕˈluːf]; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese-born French[1] author who has lived in France since 1976.[2] Although his native language is Arabic, he writes in French, and his works have been translated into over 40 languages.
Of his several works of nonfiction, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes is probably the best known.[1] He received the Prix Goncourt in 1993 for his novel The Rock of Tanios, as well as the 2010 Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. He is a member of the Académie française[3][4] and was elected its Perpetual Secretary[5] on 28 September 2023.
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^"Amin Maalouf élu secrétaire perpétuel de l'Académie française". L'Orient-Le Jour. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
AminMaalouf (French: [maluf]; Arabic: أمين معلوف Arabic pronunciation: [maʕˈluːf]; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese-born French author who has lived...
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les Arabes) is a French language historical essay by Lebanese author AminMaalouf. As the name suggests, the book is a narrative retelling of primary sources...
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(French: Le Rocher de Tanios) is a 1993 novel by the French-Lebanese writer AminMaalouf. It received the Prix Goncourt. 1993 in literature Contemporary French...
Nos frères inattendus) is a 2020 novel by the French-Lebanese writer AminMaalouf. The novel is told from the perspective of Alec Zander, a cartoonist...
Les jardins de lumière) is a 1991 novel by the French-Lebanese writer AminMaalouf. It focuses on the Parthian religious thinker Mani, founder of Manichaeism...
pp. 167–168. Peter Jackson, Mongols and the West, p. 167. AminMaalouf, p. 267. AminMaalouf, p. 268 (in French) Runciman, pp. 325–327. Histoire des Croisades...
Need to Belong (French: Les Identités Meurtrières) is a 1998 book by AminMaalouf, in which he discusses the identity crisis that Arabs have experienced...
Edbury, John of Ibelin and the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Boydell Press, 1997. AminMaalouf, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes. London, 1984. H. E. Mayer, "Carving...
siècle après Béatrice) is a 1992 novel by the French-Lebanese writer AminMaalouf. The story is set in a near future, where a pharmacological company markets...
film), a Hong Kong film by Philip Yung Ports of Call (Maalouf novel), a 1991 novel by AminMaalouf Ports of Call (Vance novel), a 1998 novel by Jack Vance...
Amitai-Preiss, p. 32. Jean Richard, p. 428 AminMaalouf, p. 264 Tyerman, p. 806 Humphreys, p. 352. AminMaalouf, p. 262 Kedar 1989, p. 93. Runciman 1987...
writers have also achieved international success; including Elias Khoury, AminMaalouf, Hanan al-Shaykh, and Georges Schehadé. Several contemporary Lebanese...
August 2020). "Capri, il Premio Malaparte 2020 allo scrittore libanese AminMaalouf" (in Italian). Retrieved 23 November 2023. Giuseppe Fantasia (2 October...
Juan Goytisolo (Spain) James Kelman (UK) John le Carré (UK) AminMaalouf (Lebanon) David Malouf (Australia) Dacia Maraini (Italy) Rohinton Mistry (India/Canada)...
Brown (early 11th) The Physician by Noah Gordon (11th) Samarkand by AminMaalouf (11th) The Jester by James Patterson and Andrew Gross (11th) The Last...
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