Edmond Amran El Maleh | |
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Native name | إدمون عمران المالح |
Born | Safi, Morocco | March 30, 1917
Died | November 15, 2010 | (aged 93)
Occupation | Journalist, Writer |
Notable awards | Grand Prix du Maroc |
Moroccan literature |
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Moroccan writers |
Forms |
Criticism and awards |
See also |
Edmond Amran El Maleh ( Arabic: إدمون عمران المالح) (30 March 1917 – 15 November 2010) was a Moroccan writer and activist.
El Maleh was born in Safi, Morocco to a Jewish Berber family. [1] [2] During his youth he joined the Moroccan Communist Party. 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. [3] [4]
There is controversy about his political stance; however, nothing has ever been corroborated. He was buried, according to his wishes, in the Jewish cemetery in Essaouira. He wrote in French.
Edmond Amran El Maleh | |
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Native name | إدمون عمران المالح |
Born | Safi, Morocco | March 30, 1917
Died | November 15, 2010 | (aged 93)
Occupation | Journalist, Writer |
Notable awards | Grand Prix du Maroc |
Moroccan literature |
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Moroccan writers |
Forms |
Criticism and awards |
See also |
Edmond Amran El Maleh ( Arabic: إدمون عمران المالح) (30 March 1917 – 15 November 2010) was a Moroccan writer and activist.
El Maleh was born in Safi, Morocco to a Jewish Berber family. [1] [2] During his youth he joined the Moroccan Communist Party. 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. [3] [4]
There is controversy about his political stance; however, nothing has ever been corroborated. He was buried, according to his wishes, in the Jewish cemetery in Essaouira. He wrote in French.