Amin Maalouf (French: [maluf]; Arabic: أمين معلوف Arabic pronunciation: [maʕˈluːf]; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese-born French author who has lived in France since 1976. Although his native language is Arabic, he writes in French, and his works have been translated into over 40 languages. Of his several works of nonfiction, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes is probably the best known. He received the Prix Goncourt in 1993 for his novel The Rock of Tanios, as well as the 2010 Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. He is a member of the Académie française and was elected its Perpetual Secretary on 28 September 2023
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Fiction, History, Fiction, general, Fiction, historical, New York Times reviewed, Belletristische Darstellung, Fiction, historical, general, Histoire, Biography, Culture conflict, East and West, Globalization, International relations, Livrets, Modern Civilization, Opéras, Play script, Relations, Académie française, Africa, fiction, Appreciation, Arab Authors, Arab countries, relations, foreign countries, Arabs Authors, Authors, asianPlaces
Arab countries, Lebanon, Cairo (Egypt), Empire islamique, Fez (Morocco), France, Granada (Andalusia, Islamic Empire, Liban, Libanon, Libanon <Gebirge>, Persia, Rome (Italy), Samarqand, Samarqand (Uzbekistan), Spain), Tunis (Tunisia), Turkey, Uzbekistan, Western countriesPeople
Amin Maalouf, Adriana, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Clémence, Hasan as-Wazzan, Jaufré Rudel, Leo Africanus (ca. 1492-ca. 1550), Leo X Pope (1475-1521), Mani (3rd cent), Mani (3rd century), Mani (active 3rd century), Niẓām al-Mulk (1018-1092), Omar Khayyam, Refka, Richard I King of England (1157-1199), Saladin, The Pilgrim, Tsargo, Yonas, Ḥasan ibn al-Ṣabbāḥ (-1124)Time
11th-century, 1516-1918, 1950-, 20th century, 21st century, 750-1258, Geschichte 1800-1850, Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918ID Numbers
- OLID: OL46671A
- Amazon ID: B000AP82XC
- GoodReads: 36378
- ISNI: 0000000121468487
- Integrated Authority File (GND): 115641858
- Library of Congress Names: n85016331
- MusicBrainz: 4e70f634-0bb4-4455-bbb2-caabcdd629d3
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV065635
- VIAF: 108192345
- Wikidata: Q115243
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q115243
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Alternative names
- Maalouf Amin
- Amin Maluf
- Maluf, Amin
- Maalouf, Amin
- Maalouph, Amin
- Maʻlūf, Amīn
- Маалуф, Амин
- أمين معلوف،
- امين معلوف
- معلوف، أمين،
- Amīn Maʻlūf
- Amīn Maʻlūf
- أمين معلوف
- Amīn al- Maʻlūf
- Maalouf
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