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Boualem Sansal
Algerian author (born )
Boualem Sansal (Arabic: بوعلام صنصال; born 15 October ) is an Algerian author. In , he was named winner of the Prix du roman arabe, but the prize money was withdrawn due to Sansal's visit to Israel to speak at the Jerusalem Writers Festival.[1]
Biography
Boualem Sansal was born in Théniet El Had, Tissemsilt.
Trained as an engineer with a doctorate in economics, he began writing novels at the age of 50 after retiring from his job as a high-ranking official in the Algerian government. The assassination of President Mohamed Boudiaf in and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Algeria inspired him to write about his country.[2] Sansal continues to live with his wife and two daughters in Algeria despite the controversy his books have aroused in his homeland.[3] At the International Festival of Literature in Berlin, he was introduced as a writer "exiled in his own country".
He claims that Algeria is becoming a