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Amin Maalouf
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Person

Amin Maalouf

b. 1949

Francophone Lebanese writer based in Frances

Born
25 Feb 1949 · Beirut
Part ofLebanon332 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 89 years
  1. 25 Feb 1949BornBorn in Beirut
  2. 1986AwardFranco-Arabic Friendship Award
  3. 1987AwardPaul Flat Prize
  4. 1993AwardPrix Goncourt
  5. 1998AwardInternational Nonino Prize
  6. 1999AwardKnight of the Legion of Honour
  7. 1999AwardPrix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon
  8. 2000AwardWomen Novelists’ Award
  9. 2003AwardOfficer of the National Order of Merit
  10. 2005AwardPremis Internacionals Terenci Moix
  11. 2009AwardLivre et droits humains award
  12. 2010AwardPrincess of Asturias Literary Prize
  13. 2011RoleMember of the Académie française
  14. 2013AwardGrand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar‎
  15. 2023RolePerpetual secretary of the French Academy

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1949 – today).

  1. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  3. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  4. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  6. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  7. 1956Suez Crisis
  8. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  10. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  12. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  14. 1968Prague Spring
  15. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  16. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  17. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  18. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  20. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  21. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  22. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  23. 1985Schengen Agreement
  24. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  25. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  26. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  28. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  30. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  31. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  32. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  33. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  34. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  35. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  36. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  37. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  38. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  39. 20112011 Norway attacks
  40. 2011Libyan civil war

Biography

Amin Maalouf (French: [maluf]; Arabic: أمين رشدي بطرس طنّوص معلوف Arabic pronunciation: [maʕˈluːf]; born 1949) is a Lebanese French author who has lived in France since 1976. His native language is Arabic, and he writes in French. His works have been translated into more than 40 languages.

Of his several works of nonfiction, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, is probably the best known. He received the Prix Goncourt in 1993 for his novel The Rock of Tanios, as well as the 2010 Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. He is a member of the Académie française and was elected its Perpetual Secretary on 28 September 2023.

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