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Amin Maalouf is a Lebanese-born French author who has lived in France since 1976. Although his native language is Arabic, he writes in French, and his works have been translated into over 40 languages. 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. Wikipedia  

✵ 25. February 1949  •  Other names امین معلوف, 아민 말루프
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Works

The First Century after Beatrice
Leo Africanus
Leo Africanus
Amin Maalouf
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Famous Amin Maalouf Quotes

“Let your tears roll tonight, but tomorrow you will start the battle again. What defeats us, always, is just our own sorrow.”

Amin Maalouf

Source: The First Century After Beatrice

“Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.”

Amin Maalouf book Leo Africanus

Source: Leo Africanus

“I am the son of the road, my country is a caravan and my life is the most unexpected of voyages. i belong to earth and to the god and it is to them that I will one day soon return”

Amin Maalouf

“We are not just visitors on this planet, it belongs to us just as we belong to her, its past is ours, so is its future.”

Amin Maalouf book The First Century after Beatrice

Source: Le premier siècle après Béatrice

“A life spent writing has taught me to be wary of words. Those that seem clearest are often the most treacherous.”

Amin Maalouf book In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong

Source: In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong

“For it is often the way we look at other people that imprisons them within their own narrowest allegiances. And it is also the way we look at them that may set them free.”

Amin Maalouf book In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong

Source: In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong

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