Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun ( born December 1, 1944 in Fes ) is a Moroccan francophone writer and psychotherapist and is considered the most significant representative of the French literature from the Maghreb.

Life

After visiting an Arab- Francophone elementary school Tahar Ben Jelloun moved as a 18 -year-old from his birthplace Fez to Tangier to visit there a French School ( Lycée ). In 1963 he began studying philosophy at the University of Mohammed V in Rabat, where he composed his first poems, which have appeared in the anthology Hommes sous linceul de silence 1971. After completing his studies he taught philosophy in Morocco, but had to emigrate to France in 1971, as the teaching of philosophy was Arabized and he was not trained for it. He was there received his doctorate in 1975 in social psychiatry, of which his works were influenced (eg La reclusion solitaire, 1976). From 1972, he wrote regularly for Le Monde.

In the following years, Ben Jelloun published numerous novels, including 1985 L'Enfant de sable, by which he was known. La Nuit Sacrée, the sequel to Enfant de sable was in 1987 awarded the Prix Goncourt. So Ben Jelloun was the first native of North Africa author who received this award.

In 1994 he was awarded the Grand Prix littéraire du Maghreb, which he finally asserted itself as a French author.

In June 2004, Ben Jelloun was awarded with prize money of 100,000 euros Irish Literature Prize for his book IMPAC Cette aveuglante absence de lumière ( German: "The Silence of Light" ), in which he states in the - describes Tazmamart prison camp - now closed. The novel is based on a true story.

Jelloun's works have been translated into numerous languages ​​, such as L' enfant de sable and La Nuit sacrée in 43 languages ​​or Le Racisme explique à ma fille in 25 languages, including Esperanto. His novel Les Raisins de la galère was also assumed in NRW and Lower Saxony for the Central High School in 2008 and 2009 in French.

Tahar Ben Jelloun lives with his wife and daughter Mérième, for which he has written several educational books, in Paris. In Le Racisme explique à ma fille ( German: " Daddy, what's a stranger " ) of 1997, he declared his daughter - and all other interested parties - empathetic, yet practical, why racism is created and how you can counteract this. This children's book L' Islam aux enfants explique ( German: " Dad, what is Islam "), which both Jelloun wrote as essay, were very soon international bestsellers.

1988 Ben Jelloun was knighted in 2008 and was appointed Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. Furthermore him an honorary doctorate from the University of Montreal was awarded on June 19.

2011 Tahar Ben Jelloun wrote the work Arab Spring, in which he grappled with the protests in the Arab world, for which he was awarded in the same year with the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize of the city of Osnabrück.

Works (selection)

  • Harrouda (1973 )
  • La reclusion solitaire (1976 )
  • Les morts de leurs sont amandiers blessures (1976 )
  • La Mémoire future - Anthologie de la nouvelle poésie du Maroc Maspero (1976 )
  • La Plus Haute of the solitudes (1977 )
  • Moha le fou, Moha le say (1978 )
  • A l' insu du souvenir (1980 )
  • La Prière de l' absent (1981 )
  • La reclusion solitaire (1981 )
  • L' Ecrivain public (1983 )
  • Hospitalité française, et 1997 " Points Actuels ", n ° A65 (1984 )
  • La Fiancée de l' eau (1984 )
  • L' Enfant de sable (1985 ) German: son of her father's, Red Book -Verlag, Berlin, 1986, ISBN 3-88022-716-0
  • German: Night of Innocence, Red Book -Verlag, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3- 88022-725 X -
  • German: The blind angel, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1994, ISBN 3499134128
  • German: The corrupted man, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1995, ISBN 3498005812
  • German: The fruits of anger, Bloomsbury Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-8333-5093-1
  • German: Zina or the night of error, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1999, ISBN 3498006010
  • German: Dad, what is a stranger, Rowohlt, 2000, ISBN 978-3-499-21145-4?
  • German: labyrinth of emotions, translated by Christiane Kayser, Rowohlt, Reinbek 2001, ISBN 3-499-22722-3
  • German: Dad, what is Islam? (2003)
  • German: The last friend, Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-8270-0556-6
  • German: Return, Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-827009050
  • German: Jean Genet, the magnificent liar, Merlin Publishing, Gifkendorf 2011, ISBN 978-3-87536-289-3
  • German: Arab Spring, Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3827010483
  • German: Marital Bliss, translated by Christiane Kayser. Berlin Verlag, Berlin, 2013, ISBN 978-3827076724
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