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Boualem Sansal
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Key facts
- Born
- Boualem Sansal , ( 1944-10-15 ) 15 October 1944 (age 81) , Theniet El Had , Tissemsilt , French Algeria
- Occupation
- Novelist , essayist
- Language
- French
- Nationality
- Algeria , France (since 2024)
- Period
- 1990s–present
- Notable works
- The Barbarians' Oath (1999) , An Unfinished Business (2008), 2084: The End of the World (2015)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Algeria
- Place of birth
- Theniet El Had
- Occupation
- essayist
- Educated at
- National Polytechnic School
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- atheism
- Image
- Frankfurter Buchmesse 2011 Boualem Sansal 2.jpg
- Residence
- Boumerdès
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- Commons category
- Boualem Sansal
- date of birth
- 1944-10-15
- name in native language
- ⴱⵓⴰⵍⴰⵎ ⵙⴻⵏⵚⴰⵍ
- writing language
- French
- member of
- Académie Française
- legal counsel
- François Zimeray
- medical condition
- cancer
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Encyclopedic overview
Boualem Sansal (Arabic: بوعلام صنصال, French pronunciation: [bwalɛm sɑ̃sal]; born 15 October 1944) is an Algerian author who writes in French. He holds an engineering degree from the National Polytechnic School and a PhD in economics. Sansal has worked as a teacher, consultant, business leader, and senior official in Algeria’s Ministry of Industry. After retiring from his high-ranking government position, he began writing novels at the age of 50. He is known for his outspoken criticism of Islamism.
Sansal has authored several novels that have earned him literary awards mainly French, including the Prix du Premier Roman (1999), the Prix Nessim-Habif [fr] (2008), the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (2011), the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française (2015), and the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (2025).
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