Boualem Sansal (1949-10-15) 15 October 1949 (age 74) Théniet El Had, Tissemsilt, Algeria
Occupation
novelist, essayist
Language
French
Nationality
Algeria
Period
1990s - ...
Notable works
The Barbarians' Oath (1999), An Unfinished Business (2008)
Boualem Sansal (Arabic: بوعلام صنصال; born 15 October 1949) is an Algerian author. In 2012, he was named winner of the Prix du roman arabe, but the prize money was withdrawn due to Sansal's visit to Israel to speak at the Jerusalem Writers Festival.[1]
^Fiske, Gavriel (30 June 2012). "Award-winning Algerian author denied cash prize for visiting Israel". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
prize money was withdrawn due to Sansal's visit to Israel to speak at the Jerusalem Writers Festival. BoualemSansal was born in Théniet El Had, Tissemsilt...
footballer Boualem Rahoui (born 1948), Algerian athlete BoualemSansal (born 1949), Algerian author Hamoud Boualem, Algerian beverage company. Boualem, El Bayadh...
of Kabul and the attack of Yasmina Khadra, the oath of barbarians of BoualemSansal, memory of the flesh of Ahlam Mosteghanemi and the last novel by Assia...
translator. He has translated many authors, including Michel Houellebecq, BoualemSansal, Frédéric Beigbeder and the late Ivoirian novelist Ahmadou Kourouma...
movie Sirocco in 1951 with Humphrey Bogart) Wagon-lit (1932) La Passante du Sans-Souci (1936; turned into a movie by Jacques Rouffio in 1982) Hollywood, Ville...
2012, BoualemSansal received this award for his book Rue Darwin against the opposition of the Arab ambassadors who finance it due to Sansal's visit to...
actress Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor François Ozon, French filmmaker BoualemSansal, Algerian writer Barbara Sukowa, German actress Matthew Modine, American...
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