Edmond Amran El Maleh

Edmond Amran El Maleh

Edmond Amran El Maleh (Arabic: ادمون عمران المالح) (30 March 1917 – 15 November 2010) was one of the best known Moroccan writers.

Biography

El Maleh was born in Safi, Morocco to a Jewish family from Safi. He moved to Paris in 1965, working there as a journalist and a teacher of philosophy.

He only began writing in 1980, at the age of 63, traveling back and forth between France and Morocco. He stated that, in spite of his long stay in France, he had devoted his entire literary life to Morocco. From 1999 until his death he lived in Rabat.[1][2] He was buried, according to his wishes, in the Jewish cemetery in Essaouira. His writing language was French.

Works

About his work

Following his first novel – Le parcours immobile (1983) – he published seven further novels and a book about the painting of Cherkaoui.

In 1996 he received the Grand Prix du Maroc for his work. The translation of 'Edmond Amran El Maleh, "Le retour d'Abou El Haki" (éditions la Pensée sauvage) by Hassan Bourkia received a special prize from the minister of culture Mohammed Achaari in 2005.

References

  1. Salim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, Eddif, 2005, p.176-179
  2. "Petite biographie d'un très grand écrivain" (in French). www.aujourdhui.ma. Retrieved 12 August 2010.

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