Amin Maalouf
Amin Maalouf (born 1949) is a Lebanese journalist, writer and librettist.
Overview
Recorded at birth as أمين رشدي معلوف.
Born at Beirut in 1949.
In detail
Amin Maalouf studied at Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour and Saint Joseph University of Beirut. the recorded working language is English, French and Arabic.
The field of work recorded is literature, novel and historical novel.
Positions recorded include member of the Académie française and perpetual secretary of the French Academy. Membership is recorded of Académie Française.
Works named in the authority record are The Rock of Tanios, Leo Africanus, Samarkand, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, The Gardens of Light and In the Name of Identity.
Distinctions recorded are Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland, honorary doctor of the Rovira i Virgili University and Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain.
Sources
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