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Tahar Ben Jelloun

1944 - Today

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Tahar Ben Jelloun (Arabic: الطاهر بن جلون; born in Fes, Morocco, 1 December 1944) is a Moroccan writer. All of his work is written in French although his first language is Darija. He became known for his 1985 novel L’Enfant de Sable (The Sand Child). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tahar Ben Jelloun has received more than 228,438 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Tahar Ben Jelloun is the 1,145th most popular writer (up from 1,180th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Morocco (up from 20th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Moroccan Writer.

Tahar ben Jelloun is a Moroccan writer and psychiatrist who is most famous for his novel, "The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon."

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tahar Ben Jelloun ranks 1,145 out of 5,755Before him are Vasily Zhukovsky, Ugo Foscolo, Emmanuelle Arsan, Giambattista Marino, Ilia Chavchavadze, and Thomas Mayne Reid. After him are Charles De Coster, Pu Songling, Nathalie Sarraute, Paul Scarron, Rosalía de Castro, and Michel Tournier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Tahar Ben Jelloun ranks 90Before him are Leila Khaled, Claudia Mori, Sondra Locke, Mairead Maguire, Antonio Damasio, and Charles Sobhraj. After him are Karl Jenkins, Coluche, Ian McDiarmid, Keith Emerson, Gianni Morandi, and Karin Schubert.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Tahar Ben Jelloun ranks 19 out of 198Before him are Michel Galabru (1922), Fatema Mernissi (1940), Serge Haroche (1944), Zeno of Verona (300), Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur (1160), and Yusef of Morocco (1882). After him are Margarita Lozano (1931), Ibn Tumart (1097), Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1138), Jean-Luc Mélenchon (1951), Frida Boccara (1940), and Hassan I of Morocco (1836).

Among WRITERS In Morocco

Among writers born in Morocco, Tahar Ben Jelloun ranks 2Before him are Fatema Mernissi (1940). After him are Daniel Pennac (1944), Mohamed Choukri (1935), Dunash ben Labrat (920), Ahmed Rami (1946), Driss Chraïbi (1926), Muriel Barbery (1969), Katherine Pancol (1954), Leïla Slimani (1981), Abdellah Taïa (1973), and Laila Lalami (1968).