2025

Amin Maalouf

Líbano, 1949

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Biography

Amin Maalouf is recognized as one of the most brilliant writers of French literature today. He has dabbled in novels, essays and journalism. A member of the Académie française since 2011, Maalouf has received numerous awards, notable for his advocacy of intercultural dialogue. These include the Prix Goncourt for best book on geopolitics and the Prince of Asturias Award. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. Among them, Leo Africanus, Samarkand, The Gardens of Light, Origins: A Memoir, In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong and Adrift: How Our World Lost Its Way stand out.

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