- Moroccan fiction (French), Prisons, Torture, Africa, fiction
*Cette aveuglante absence de lumière* est un roman de Tahar Ben Jelloun, publié en 2001. L'auteur s'inspire du témoignage d'un prisonnier du bagne marocain de Tazmamart, conjuré de l'attentat de Skhirat mené contre le roi Hassan II en juillet 1971.
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- Author
- Tahar Ben Jelloun
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 208
- Publisher
- Penguin (Non-Classics), RBA, Editions Du Seuil
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- urd, Spanish, English, French
- ISBN
- 9788479017293
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Tahar Ben Jelloun (en arabe : الطاهر بن جلون) est un écrivain, poète et peintre franco-marocain né le 1er décembre 1944 à Fès (Maroc). Auteur de nouvelles, romans, poèmes et essais, il est lauréat du prix Goncourt pour son roman *La Nuit sacrée.* Bien que sa langue maternelle soit l'arabe, il écrit en français. En 2004, il a reçu le prix littéraire international IMPAC Dublin pour *Cette aveuglante absence de lumière.* En 2008, il a été décoré de la Croix de Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur. ---------- Tahar Ben Jelloun was born in Fes, Morocco. He studied Philosophy in Rabat. In 1971, he moved to France, where he studied Psychology. He has been a professor, and he is currently a psychot
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