Fouad Laroui
Illustration — Laroui (2011) Fouad Laroui (born 12 August 1958) is a Moroccan economist and writer, born in Oujda, Morocco. After his studies at the Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca), he joined the prestigious École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris, France), where he studied engineering. After working shortly for the Office Cherifien des Phosphates company in Khouribga (Morocco), he moved to the United Kingdom where he spent several years in Cambridge and York.
Also recorded as Fuʾād al-ʿIrwī · Fuʾād al-ʿArwī · Fuʾād al-ʿArawī · Fuʾād al-ʿUrwī
Fouad Laroui

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- Born
- 1958 · Oujda.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands · Morocco
- Occupation
- writer · economist · poet · teacher · novelist · scientist
- Fields
- fiction literature · economics · children's and young adult literature · creative writing
- Education
- École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées · Lycée Lyautey
- Honours
- Grand prix de la francophonie · Edgar du Perron Prize · Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle · Prix Pégase · Prix Méditerranée des lycéens · Grand prix Jean-Giono
- Languages
- French · Arabic · English
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Illustration — Laroui (2011) Fouad Laroui (born 12 August 1958) is a Moroccan economist and writer, born in Oujda, Morocco. After his studies at the Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca), he joined the prestigious École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris, France), where he studied engineering. After working shortly for the Office Cherifien des Phosphates company in Khouribga (Morocco), he moved to the United Kingdom where he spent several years in Cambridge and York.
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• Les Dents du topographe (Julliard, 1996) - A chronicle of a young person in Morocco, an account which marks the refusal of the established order and a feeling of detachment for his homeland. Price Discovered Albert-Camus. • De quel amour blessé (Julliard, 1998) - The story of an impossible love affair between a Maghrebi living in Paris and a Jewish girl. Winner of Mediterranean prize of Colleges, Radio-Beur FM Prize. • Méfiez-vous des parachutistes (Julliard, 1999)- A comic portrait of Moroccan society told through the lives of two characters. • Le Maboul (Julliard, 2000) - A collection of satirical short stories about Moroccan society. • La fin tragique de Philomène Tralala (Julliard, 2003) • Tu n'as rien compris à Hassan II (Julliard, 2004) - A collection of short stories. • De l’islamisme. Une réfutation personnelle du totalitarisme religieux (Robert Laffont editions, October 2006) • L'Oued et le Consul (Julliard 2006): collection of short stories. • Le jour où Malika ne s'est pas mariée (Julliard 2009): novel • Une année chez les Français (Julliard 2010): Novel, listed for the Prix Goncourt 2010. • Democracy and Islam in the Magreb an Implications for Europe, in: Zeyno Baran (Ed.), The Other Muslims: Moderate and Secular, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 • La Vieille Dame du riad (Julliard, 2011): novel • L'Étrange Affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine (Julliard, 2012): short stories [The Curious Case of Dassoukine's Trousers (Deep Vellum, 2016)] • "Des Bédouins dans le polder" (Le Fennec, 2010) - Moroccans in Holland: anecdotes, things seen, conversations overheard in the streets of Amsterdam and other Dutch towns. • Des Bédouins dans le polder. Histoires tragi-comiques de l’émigration (Zellige, 2010). • Une année chez les Français (Julliard, 2010): roman qui a été retenu parmi la première sélection du prix Goncourt et an obtenu le Prix de l'Algue d'or (Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, France en 2011) 20108. • Le Drame linguistique marocain (Zellige; Le Fennec, 2011): non-fiction • La Vieille Dame du riad (Julliard, 2011): novel • Le jour où j'ai déjeuné avec le Diable (Zellige, 2011): chronicles • L'Étrange Affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine (Julliard, 2012): short stories • Du bon usage des djinns (Zellige, 2014): chronicles • Les Tribulations du dernier Sijilmassi (Julliard, 2014): novel • Une lecture personnelle d'Averroès (Éditions universitaires d'Avignon, 2014): non-fiction • D’un pays sans frontières (Zellige, 2015): non-fiction • L’Oued et le Consul (Flammarion, 2015): short stories • Ce vain combat que tu livres au monde (Julliard, 2016): novel. Prix littéraire des lycéens du Liban 201811 • L’insoumise de la Porte de Flandre (Julliard, 2017): novel • Dieu, les mathématiques, la folie (Robert Laffont, 2018): non-fiction • Plaidoyer pour les Arabes. Vers un récit universel (Mialet Barrault, 2021): non-fiction
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Fouad Laroui is recorded as having received Grand prix de la francophonie, Edgar du Perron Prize and Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1958
Fouad Laroui born at Oujda.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1766736: Fouad Laroui
Reputable secondary · Wikidata
- “Fouad Laroui”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- La vie, l'honneur, la fantasia par Fouad Laroui (review), The French Review, 2026
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2026
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1250541077, Fouad Laroui écrivain transculturel (Veranstaltung : 2019 : Beni Mellal).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Awards and honours
Later he obtained a PhD in economics and moved to Amsterdam where he started his career as a writer. He has published about twenty books between novels, collections of short stories and essays and two collections of poetry in Dutch. He has won several literary prizes, amongst which the Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle, the Prix Jean-Giono and the Grande Médaille de la littérature de l'Académie française. He is also active as a literary chronicler for the weekly magazine Jeune Afrique and Economia magazine, and the French-Moroccan radio Médi1.
Fouad Laroui studied at École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and Lycée Lyautey. The recorded working language is French, Arabic and English. The field of work recorded is fiction literature, economics and children's and young adult literature. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Employment is recorded with OCP Group, Jeune Afrique and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Distinctions recorded are Grand prix de la francophonie, Edgar du Perron Prize, Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle and Prix Pégase.
• 1997: Prix Découverte Albert-Camus pour son ouvrage Les Dents du topographe • 1998: Prix Méditerranée des lycéens pour son ouvrage De quel amour blessé • 1998: Prix BEUR FM Méditerranée pour son ouvrage Méfiez-vous des parachutistes • 2002: Aux Pays-Bas le Prix E. du Perron pour son œuvre • 2004: Grand Prix SGDL de la nouvelle pour son ouvrage Tu n'as rien compris à Hassan II • 2005: Prix Grand Atlas pour son ouvrage La Meilleure Façon d'attraper les choses • 2013: Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle for L'Étrange Affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine18. • 2014: Grande Médaille de la francophonie de l'Académie française. • 2014: Grand prix Jean-Giono pour Les Tribulations du dernier Sijilmassi • 2018: Prix littéraire des lycéens du Liban pour son ouvrage Ce vain combat que tu livre au monde17
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1250541077, Fouad Laroui écrivain transculturel (Veranstaltung : 2019 : Beni Mellal).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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The authorities additionally record the headings Fuʾād al-ʿIrwī, Fuʾād al-ʿArwī, Fuʾād al-ʿArawī and Fuʾād al-ʿUrwī. His recorded languages were French, Arabic, English and Dutch. Formation and teaching. Laroui studied at École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and Lycée Lyautey. The record notes the qualification Doctor of Philosophy. Laroui worked in fiction literature, economics, children's and young adult literature, creative writing and environmental science. He was employed by OCP Group, Jeune Afrique and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He worked at Amsterdam. Laroui received Grand prix de la francophonie, Edgar du Perron Prize, Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle, Prix Pégase, Prix Méditerranée des lycéens and Grand prix Jean-Giono.
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