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Abdellah Taïa is a Moroccan novelist, journalist, film director, and screenwriter. Born in Rabat in 1973, he is educated at the University of Geneva and Mohammed V University. He resides in Paris, where he also works, and writes in French. His sexual orientation is gay, and his worldview is Islam.
Taïa has received the Prix de Flore and the Prix Décembre. His field of work includes belletristic literature and film. Notable works include *Égypte*, *les martyrs de la révolution*, *Country for Dying*, and *Une mélancolie arabe*. He speaks and writes in French and Arabic.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1973
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Égypte, les martyrs de la révolution
- Ofilmat, ospelat, outgivet
- Abdellah Taïa
- Country for Dying
- Une mélancolie arabe
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Abdellah Speaks — Abdellah Taïa2025
- Never Stop Shouting2023
- Jean Genet, le contre exemplaire — Self2010
- A Jihad for Love — Self2007
- The Road to Love — Moroccan Writer2001
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Morocco
- Place of birth
- Rabat
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Mohammed V University
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Award
- Prix Décembre
- Field of work
- film
- Official website
- abdellahtaia.free.fr
- Image
- Abdellah Taïa 20130220.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
- Residence
- Paris
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Gallery (2)
Available in 18 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 日本語
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- Central Kurdish
- Croatian
- Egyptian Arabic
- Finnish
- Latin
- Moroccan Arabic
- Nederlands
- Polski
- Serbian
- Svenska
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