Boualem Sansal
1949
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Algeria
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: National Polytechnic School, Télécom Paris
award received: Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Prix du Premier Roman, Prix Tropiques, Grand prix RTL-Lire, prix Édouard-Glissant, Prix du roman arabe, Grand prix de la francophonie, Louis Guilloux Prize, honorary doctorate at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, Michel Dard Prize
Boualem Sansal (Arabic: بوعلام صنصال; born 15 October 1949) is an Algerian author. In 2012, he was named winner of the Prix du roman arabe, but the prize money was withdrawn due to Sansal's visit to Israel to speak at the Jerusalem Writers Festival. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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