Amin Maalouf
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born
February 25, 1949
gender
male
place of birth
Beirut, Lebanon
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Literature & Fiction
about this author
Lebanese journalist and novelist, whose native language was Arabic, but who writes in French. Most of Maalouf's books have a historical setting, and like Umberto Eco, Orhan Pamuk, and Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Maalouf mixes fascinating historical facts with fantasy and philosophical ideas. In an interview Maalouf has said that his role as a writer is to create "positive myths". Maalouf's works, written with the skill of a master storyteller, offer a sensitive view of the values and attitudes of different cultures in the Middle East, Africa and Mediterranean world.
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Samarkand by Amin Maalouf avg rating 4.07 — 320 ratings — published 1989 17 editions |
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The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf avg rating 4.05 — 291 ratings — published 1984 14 editions |
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Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf avg rating 4.15 — 242 ratings — published 1986 32 editions |
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Balthasar's Odyssey: A Novel by Amin Maalouf avg rating 3.51 — 176 ratings — published 2001 19 editions |
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The Rock of Tanios by Amin Maalouf avg rating 3.96 — 112 ratings — published 1 18 editions |
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In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong by Amin Maalouf avg rating 3.81 — 114 ratings — published 2001 3 editions |
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The Gardens of Light by Amin Maalouf avg rating 3.76 — 68 ratings — published 1 15 editions |
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The First Century After Beatrice by Amin Maalouf avg rating 3.57 — 68 ratings — published 1992 8 editions |
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Ports of Call by Amin Maalouf avg rating 3.67 — 57 ratings — published 1 15 editions |
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Les Identités meurtrières by Amin Maalouf avg rating 3.97 — 38 ratings — published 1998 7 editions |
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"What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and several cultural traditions. It is precisely this that defines my identity. Would I exist more authentically if I cut off a part of myself"
— Amin Maalouf (In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong)
— Amin Maalouf (In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong)
" "I am the son of the road , my country is a caravan and my life is the most unexpected of voyages. i belong to earth and to the god and it is to them that I will one day soon return ""
— Amin Maalouf
— Amin Maalouf
"Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person who harbors them with difficult choices"
— Amin Maalouf (In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong)
— Amin Maalouf (In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong)
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