Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun
	Tahar Ben Jelloun (2013)
Native name	الطاهر بن جلون
Born	1 December 1944 (age 79); Fes, French Morocco
Occupation	Novelist, poet
Language	French
Nationality	Moroccan
Alma mater	Mohammed V University
Period	1973–present
Notable works	The Sand Child; This Blinding Absence of Light
Notable awards	Grand Officer, Legion of Honour (2008); Prix Goncourt (1987); Prix Ulysse (2005)
Website
	taharbenjelloun.org

Tahar Ben Jelloun (Arabic: الطاهر بن جلون, romanized: aṭ-Ṭāhir bin Jallūn; born 1 December 1944) is a Moroccan writer who rose to fame for his 1985 novel L'Enfant de sable (The Sand Child). All of his work is written in French although his first language is Darija. He has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.^[1]

^ Shusha Guppy, "Tahar Ben Jelloun, The Art of Fiction No. 159" (interview), The Paris Review, Issue 152, Fall 1999.

[1] Shusha Guppy, "Tahar Ben Jelloun, The Art of Fiction No. 159" (interview), The Paris Review, Issue 152, Fall 1999.

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