Tahar Ben Jelloun[Tahar_Ben_Jelloun]

Ville de résidence: Morocco (live Paris)
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Cicatrices du soleil :
Poèmes 2008-06-07 (14998 affiches)

Femme… :
Poèmes 2008-08-19 (9100 affiches)

Je suis un enfant qui se moque :
Poèmes 2008-08-19 (8471 affiches)

La main lape l’absence :
Poèmes 2008-08-18 (8278 affiches)

La remontée des cendres :
Poèmes 2010-01-31 (11601 affiches)

Les Femmes de Naples :
Poèmes 2008-08-19 (9489 affiches)

Les filles de Tanger :
Poèmes 2008-06-07 (11596 affiches)

Ma patrie est un visage :
Poèmes 2008-06-07 (12967 affiches)

Mahmoud Darwich : une terre orpheline :
Poèmes 2008-08-17 (7913 affiches)

Quel oiseau ivre... :
Poèmes 2008-02-11 (9783 affiches)

Une main crispée sur le vide :
Poèmes 2008-02-11 (8757 affiches)

Biographie Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun (Arabic: ÇáØÇåÑ ÈäÌáæäý) (born in Fes, Morocco, December 1, 1944) is a Moroccan poet and writer. Professor at Tetouan and then in Casablanca. He has lived and worked in France since 1971.


He attends to lectures in social psychology and works as psychotherapist. He writes in French although his first language is Arabic. He writes for diverse reviews and in particular for Le Monde. His novel La Nuit Sacrée won the Prix Goncourt in 1987. In 2004 he was awarded the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for This Blinding Absence of Light (translated from the French by Linda Coverdale).

In September 2006, Tahar Ben Jelloun 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 Légion d'honneur.

Ben Jelloun is married and father of 4 children. He lives in Paris.


Selected works
Solitaire (1976)
The Sand Child (1985)
The Sacred Night (1987)
Silent Day in Tangiers (1990)
With Downcast Eyes (1991)
Corruption (1995)
The Fruits of Hard Work (1996)
Praise of Friendship (1996)
L'Auberge des pauvres, (1997)
Racism Explained to My Daughter (1998)
Islam Explained (2002)
This Blinding Absence of Light (2003)
La Belle au bois dormant, (2004)
The last friend, (2006)
Yemma, (2007)
Leaving Tangier, (2009)