WRITER

Abdellah Taïa

1973 - Today

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Abdellah Taïa (Arabic: عبد الله الطايع; born 1973) is a Moroccan writer and filmmaker who writes in the French language and has been based in Paris since 1999. He has published nine novels, many of them heavily autobiographical. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdellah Taïa has received more than 109,291 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Abdellah Taïa is the 6,771st most popular writer (down from 6,171st in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 153rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Moroccan Writer.

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  • 110k

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  • 38.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Another Morocco
Working class families, Fiction, Fiction, general
2017
An Arab Melancholia
Moroccans, Gay men, Fiction
2012
Country for Dying
Romance literature, Fiction, gay, Fiction, political
2020
Salvation Army
Moroccans, Fiction, Fiction, biographical
2009
Celui qui est digne d'être aimé
Moroccans, Gays, Fiction
"Ahmed, 40 ans, est marocain. Il vit à Paris. Il écrit à sa mère, morte cinq ans auparavant, pour régler ses comptes avec elle et lui raconter enfin sa vie d'homosexuel. Il envoie une lettre de rupture à Emmanuel, l'homme qu'il a aimé passionnément et qui a changé son existence, pour le meilleur et pour le pire, en le ramenant en France. Par ailleurs, Ahmed reçoit des lettres de Vincent et de Lahbib. Un roman épistolaire pour remonter le temps jusqu'aux origines du mal. Un livre sur le colonialisme français qui perdure dans la vie amoureuse d'un jeune Marocain homosexuel."--page [4] of cover. "Ahmed, 40, is Moroccan. He lives in Paris. He wrote to his mother, who had died five years earlier, to settle accounts with her and finally tell her about his homosexual life. He sends a letter of rupture to Emmanuel, the man he loved passionately and who changed his existence, for better and for worse, bringing him back to France. In addition, Ahmed receives letters from Vincent and Lahbib. A novel epistolary to go back to the origins of the evil. A book on French colonialism that persists in the love life of a young homosexual Moroccan."--Translation of page [4] of cover by Editions du Seuil.
2017
Un pays pour mourir
2015

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abdellah Taïa ranks 6,771 out of 7,302. Before him are Miro Gavran, Michael Davitt, Leena Lehtolainen, Charley Boorman, Ed Greenwood, and Nina Bawden. After him are Carol Ann Duffy, Claire Keegan, Maja Lunde, Stevie Smith, Claudio Rodriguez Fer, and Katharine Lee Bates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Abdellah Taïa ranks 535. Before him are Albert Portas, Sven Vermant, Nikolai Khabibulin, Eri Fukatsu, DQ, and Martin Hiden. After him are Karim Alami, Simon Kinberg, Akhilesh Yadav, Hamlet Mkhitaryan, Thomas Myhre, and Takis Fyssas.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Abdellah Taïa ranks 196 out of 264. Before him are Rachid Azzouzi (1971), Nacer Abdellah (1966), Mohammed Achik (1965), Ahmed Bahja (1970), Oussama Assaidi (1988), and Abdelilah Saber (1974). After him are Karim Alami (1973), Hicham Arazi (1973), Mounir Fatmi (1970), Azzedine Ounahi (2000), Rashid Ramzi (1980), and Soufiane El Bakkali (1996).

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Among WRITERS In Morocco

Among writers born in Morocco, Abdellah Taïa ranks 13. Before him are Ahmed Rami (1946), Eva Illouz (1961), Malika Oufkir (1953), Muriel Barbery (1969), Katherine Pancol (1954), and Leïla Slimani (1981). After him are Laila Lalami (1968).

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