Tahar Ben Jelloun was born in 1944 in Fez, Morocco, and emigrated to France in 1961. He is one of North Africa's foremost novelists. His novels include The Sacred Night which received the Prix Goncourt in 1987.
Awards: Dublin (2004)
Novels
The Sand Child (1987)
Solitaire (1988)
Sacred Night (1989)
Silent Day in Tangiers (1991)
With Downcast Eyes (1993)
State of Absence (1994)
Corruption (1995)
This Blinding Absence of Light (2002)
The Grapes of Despair (2002)
The Last Friend (2005)
Leaving Tangier (2009)
A Palace in the Old Village (2011)
The Happy Marriage (2016)
By Fire (2016)
About My Mother (2016)
The Punishment (2020)
The Pleasure Marriage (2021)
Solitaire (1988)
Sacred Night (1989)
Silent Day in Tangiers (1991)
With Downcast Eyes (1993)
State of Absence (1994)
Corruption (1995)
This Blinding Absence of Light (2002)
The Grapes of Despair (2002)
The Last Friend (2005)
Leaving Tangier (2009)
A Palace in the Old Village (2011)
The Happy Marriage (2016)
By Fire (2016)
About My Mother (2016)
The Punishment (2020)
The Pleasure Marriage (2021)
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Tahar Ben Jelloun recommends
At Night All Blood Is Black (2020)
David Diop
"This novel is a wonder. Written in a simple, almost naive, yet astonishing style, it speaks of the tragedy of the trenches with a moving delicacy. This is no war novel, but a book on what Montaigne called 'the solder of brotherhood.'"