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Tahar Ben Jelloun

1944 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tahar Ben Jelloun is the 1,217th most popular writer (down from 1,107th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Morocco (down from 21st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Moroccan Writer.

Tahar ben Jelloun is a Moroccan writer and psychiatrist who is most famous for his novel, "The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tahar Ben Jelloun ranks 1,217 out of 7,302Before him are Khushal Khattak, Noah Gordon, Ahmed Deedat, Shi Nai'an, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, and Matteo Bandello. After him are James Clavell, Blaise Cendrars, Cornelius Gallus, Robert Sheckley, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, and Hristo Botev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Tahar Ben Jelloun ranks 115Before him are John Atta Mills, Roger Scruton, Masanobu Izumi, Karl Jenkins, Gianni Morandi, and Nana Akufo-Addo. After him are Coluche, Keith Emerson, Max Romeo, Peter Tosh, Patrick Depailler, and Jan Guillou.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Tahar Ben Jelloun ranks 23 out of 264Before him are Jean-Luc Mélenchon (1951), Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur (1160), Zeno of Verona (300), Yusef of Morocco (1882), Michel Galabru (1922), and Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1138). After him are Hassan I of Morocco (1836), Abdelaziz of Morocco (1878), Frida Boccara (1940), Anne-Marie David (1952), Al-Rashid of Morocco (1631), and Daniel Pennac (1944).

Among WRITERS In Morocco

Among writers born in Morocco, Tahar Ben Jelloun ranks 2Before him are Fatema Mernissi (1940). After him are Daniel Pennac (1944), Mohamed Choukri (1935), Driss Chraïbi (1926), Dunash ben Labrat (920), Eva Illouz (1961), Malika Oufkir (1953), Ahmed Rami (1946), Muriel Barbery (1969), Katherine Pancol (1954), and Leïla Slimani (1981).