1944 - Today
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 230,827 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."
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Among writers, Tahar Ben Jelloun ranks 1,145 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1783 - 1852
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 1,139
1778 - 1827
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 1,140
1932 - 2005
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 1,141
1569 - 1625
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 1,142
1837 - 1907
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 1,143
1818 - 1883
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 1,144
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 1,145
1827 - 1879
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 1,146
1640 - 1715
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 1,147
1900 - 1999
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 1,148
1610 - 1660
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 1,149
1837 - 1885
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 1,150
1924 - 2016
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 1,151
Among people born in 1944, Tahar Ben Jelloun ranks 90. Before 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.
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 84
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 85
1944 - 2018
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 86
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 87
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 88
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 89
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 90
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 91
1944 - 1986
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 92
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 93
1944 - 2016
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 94
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 95
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 96
Among people born in Morocco, Tahar Ben Jelloun ranks 19 out of 198. Before 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).
1922 - 2016
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 13
1940 - 2015
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 14
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 15
300 - 371
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 16
1160 - 1199
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 17
1882 - 1927
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 18
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 19
1931 - 2022
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 20
1097 - 1130
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 21
1138 - 1184
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 22
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 23
1940 - 1996
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 24
1836 - 1894
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 25
Among writers born in Morocco, Tahar Ben Jelloun ranks 2. Before 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).
1940 - 2015
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 1
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 2
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 3
1935 - 2003
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 4
920 - 990
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 6
1926 - 2007
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 7
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 8
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.50
Rank: 9
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 10
1973 - Present
HPI: 35.50
Rank: 11
1968 - Present
HPI: 33.23
Rank: 12