Tahar Ben Jelloun, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Moroccan writer

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1944

Place of Birth: Fez, Fès-Meknès, Morocco

Profession: writer, poet, psychotherapist, novelist

Nationality: Morocco

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Tahar Ben Jelloun (Arabic: ?????? ?? ?????; born in Fes, French protectorate in Morocco, 1 December 1944) is a Moroccan writer.
The entirety of his work is written in French, although his first language is Arabic.
He became known for his 1985 novel L’Enfant de Sable (The Sand Child).
Today he lives in Paris, France, and continues to write.
He has been short-listed for the Nobel Prize in Literature.