![]() Originally published as Le Rocher de Tanios, 1993, winner of the Prix Goncourt. Ports of Call. Originally published as Le Premier siècle après Béatrice, 1992. The Rock of Tanios. Originally published as Les Jardins de lumière, 1991. The First Century after Beatrice. Originally published as Samarcande, 1988. The Gardens of Light. Originally published as Léon l’Africain, 1986. Samarkand. Originally published as LesCroisades vues par les Arabes, 1983. Leo Africanus (US edition) or Leo the African (UK edition). It includes novels, essays and opera librettos, notably: The Crusades through Arab Eyes. ![]() He became editor of the international edition of An-Nahar, then editor-in-chief of the weekly Jeune Afrique, before giving up all his posts to dedicate himself to literature. His literary work, written in French, is today translated into more than 40 languages. ![]() Forced to emigrate by the war in Lebanon, he settled in Paris, where he resumed journalism, and from where he started to travel again, from Mozambique to Iran and from Argentina to the Balkans. ![]() Born in Beirut in 1949, Amin Maalouf has lived in France since 1976.Īfter studying sociology and economics, Maalouf joined the Lebanese daily An-Nahar, for which he travelled the world covering numerous events, from the fall of the Ethiopian monarchy to the last battle of Saigon. ![]()
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