Prix de Flore
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (2010) Winner
Abdellah Taïa
アブデラ・タイア
Abdellah Taïa
Aliases:
عبد الله الطايع
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1973-00-00 （Salé, Morocco）
- Nationality
- Morocco
- Languages
- Arabic, French
- Religion
- Islam
- Residence History
- Salé (1974-1998) → Paris (1999-present)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Filmmaker
- Active Years
- 2004-
- Influenced By
- Tahar Ben Jelloun, Abdelkebir Khatibi
- Nominations
- Prix Goncourt shortlist (2022)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed V University | Faculty of Letters | French Literature | — | — | Morocco |
| University of Geneva | — | French Literature | — | 1998 | Switzerland |
| Sorbonne University | — | 18th-century French Literature | — | 1999- | France |
Mohammed V University
Faculty of Letters
/ French Literature
Country:
Morocco
University of Geneva
French Literature
Period:
1998
Country:
Switzerland
One semester
Sorbonne University
18th-century French Literature
Period:
1999-
Country:
France
Doctoral thesis
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Prix de Flore | Le jour du roi | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2021 | PEN Translation Prize | A Country for Dying | — | PEN America | 受賞 |
Prix de Flore
2010
Work:
Le jour du roi
Result:
受賞
PEN Translation Prize
2021
Work:
A Country for Dying
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Salvation Army
2006 Autobiographical novelComing-of-age story from poor Salé neighborhood to Geneva, dealing with homosexuality.
HomosexualityPovertyFamilyMoroccan society
Adaptations
- [Film] Salvation Army / Abdellah Taïa (2013)
Translations
- English (Semiotext(e), 2009)
An Arab Melancholia
2008 Autobiographical novelAutobiographical novel of self-discovery between Egypt and France.
HomosexualityIntercultural life
Translations
- English (Semiotext(e), 2012)
Bibliography
- Mon Maroc (2000)
- Le Rouge du Tarbouche (2004)
- Salvation Army (2006)
- An Arab Melancholia (2008)
- Le jour du roi (2010)
- Infidels (2012)
- A Country for Dying (2015)
- Celui qui est digne d'être aimé (2017)
- La Vie lente (2019)
- Vivre à ta lumière (2022)
- Le Bastion des larmes (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- AutobiographicalFrankPoetic
- Recurring Motifs
- HomosexualityPoor family lifeSocial oppression in MoroccoSelf-discovery
Health
-
High-voltage electrocution幼少期Unconscious for an hour, presumed dead; called 'miracle boy'. Influences writing.
Legacy
First openly gay Moroccan writer, pioneer of queer literature in Arab world.
In Popular Culture
- Selected for Beirut39
Quotes
-
I am gay.
Source: TelQuel magazine (2007) -
Books don't solve anything. Only love heals souls.
Source: The New York Times (2014)
Trivia
- Discovered literature in father's library as child.
- Egyptian films provided escape for his homosexuality.
- Writes in French since moving to Paris.