Amin Maalouf
Amin Maalouf (French: [maluf]; Arabic: أمين معلوف; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese author. He studied sociology at the French University in Beirut. He was the director of the Beirut daily newspaper an-Nahar. But, he left the country 1975 at the start of the Lebanese Civil War. He moved to Paris and still lives there today.
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 Amin Maalouf by Claude Truong-Ngoc, 2013 | |
| Born | 25 February 1949 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Occupation | Writer, scholar and novelist |
Maalouf writes in French, and his works have been translated into many languages. He received the Prix Goncourt in 1993 for his book Rock of Tanios.
He uses his experiences of civil war and migration in writing his novels. The characters in his novels are wanderers. They may not have just one home country, language, or religions.
Works of fiction
- First Century after Beatrice ISBN 0704370514
- Leo Africanus ISBN 1561310220
- Rock of Tanios (Prix Goncourt 1993) ISBN 0807613657
- Samarkand (first published 1988 titled 'Samarcande') ISBN 1566562937
- Gardens of Light ISBN 1566562481
- Ports of Call (first published 1996 titled 'Les échelles du Levant') ISBN 186046890X
- Balthasar's Odyssey ISBN 155970702X
Works of non-fiction
Amin Maalouf Media
Baskinta, next to the village of Machrah where Maalouf's father came from.
Amin Maalouf (16 February 2016)
FIN Order of the Lion of Finland 4Class BAR
Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon
Ordre national du Merite GO ribbon
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Commandeur ribbon
LBN National Order of the Cedar - Grand Cordon BAR
MON Ordre du Merite Culturel Officier BAR
Other websites
- Amin Maalouf Official Site Archived 2010-01-09 at the Wayback Machine