Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jellounis a Moroccan writer. The entirety of his work is written in French, although his first language is Arabic. He became known for his 1985 novel L’Enfant de Sable. Today he lives in Paris and continues to write. He has been short-listed for the Nobel Prize in Literature...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 December 1944
CountryFrance
morocco
In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.
civilization modern accepted
A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.
doors idaho people
Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.
guilty feels continuing
I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.
sexuality natural linked
I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
men land rights
I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.
thinking two creating
In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds.
writing parent different
I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
writing world found
I am glad to have found a readership, but one can’t write only what is likely to sell. A writer is not a shopkeeper. A writer creates an imaginary world that he transmits to others.
commitment writing sincerity
I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
country people accepting
It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.
voice trying difficult
Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.
writing views
I liked Sartre's views but not his writing.
vision glimpse world
Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world.