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Ben Jelloun, Tahar (1944–)
Tahar Ben Jelloun (also Tahir, Taher Benjelloun) is a leading Moroccan poet, novelist, essayist, and journalist whose rich intellectual and creative production now spans more than four decades.
Most of his books are available in fifteen or more languages; the most popular have now been translated into forty-three languages.
PERSONAL HISTORY
Ben Jelloun was born in Fez on 1 December 1944.
Al tahar ben jelloun biography
His autobiographical essay La soudure fraternelle (1994; Fraternal bonds) provides an important source of information on his early childhood and adolescence. In particular, Ben Jelloun recalls his arid apprenticeship at the local Qur'anic school as well as his premature confrontation with the experience of a classmate's death.
Ben Jelloun has also fondly evoked the nurturing familial atmosphere of his home, where devout Muslim parents raised him in a spirit of religious tolerance and freedom.
BIOGRAPHICAL HIGHLIGHTS
Name: Tahar Ben Jelloun (also Tahir, Taher Benj