Amin Maalouf is remembered for writing that changed what came after it.
The record lists Amin Maalouf as Francophone Lebanese writer based in Frances.
Amin Maalouf was born at Beirut in 1949. His recorded nationality is Lebanon. He was educated at Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour and Saint Joseph University of Beirut.
Twentieth-century writing was shaped by war, exile and translation; many of its major careers were conducted across more than one language and country.
He worked as journalist, writer and librettist.
The writing is recorded in English and French.
Among his best-known works are The Rock of Tanios, Leo Africanus and Samarkand. Reputation in letters is unusually volatile: writers are forgotten for a generation and then recovered by one.
The honours record reads: Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland and Paul Flat Prize (1987).
That the work was written from Lebanon matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Achievements
- Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland
- Paul Flat Prize — 1987
- Notable work: The Rock of Tanios
- Notable work: Leo Africanus
- Notable work: Samarkand
- Notable work: The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
