Amin Maalouf

Amin Maalouf was born on 25 February 1949 in Beirut, into a family of teachers. He studied economics and sociology, then became a journalist. At the start of the civil war, he left for France with his wife and children and continued his work as a journalist in Paris. He received the Prix Goncourt in 1993 for Le Rocher de Tanios. Elected to the Académie française on 23 June 2011, to seat 29, he became its permanent secretary on 28 September 2023.

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• NovelLeo AfricanusLéon l'AfricainAmin Maalouf · 1986Literature