Amin Maalouf
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| - | '''Amin Maalouf''' (°1949) is a [[Lebanese author]] known for books such as ''[[The Crusades Through Arab Eyes]]'' (1986). | + | '''Amin Maalouf''' (°1949) is a [[Lebanese author]] known for books such as ''[[The Crusades Through Arab Eyes]]'' (1983). |
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Amin Maalouf (°1949) is a Lebanese author known for books such as The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (1983).
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Works of fiction
Maalouf's novels are marked by his experiences of civil war and migration. Their characters are itinerant voyagers between lands, languages, and religions.
- Leo Africanus ISBN 1-56131-022-0
- Samarkand ISBN 1-56656-293-7
- The First Century after Beatrice ISBN 0-7043-7051-4
- The Rock of Tanios (Prix Goncourt 1993) ISBN 0-8076-1365-7
- The Gardens of Light ISBN 1-56656-248-1
- Ports of Call (first published 1996 titled 'Les échelles du Levant') ISBN 1-86046-890-X
- Balthasar's Odyssey ISBN 1-55970-702-X
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Opera librettos
- L’amour de loin (Love from Afar), composer Kaija Saariaho, 2000
- Adriana Mater, composer Kaija Saariaho 2003
- La Passion de Simone, oratorio, composer Kaija Saariaho 2006
- Émilie (opera), composer Kaija Saariaho 2010
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Works of non-fiction
- The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (English translation of Les Croisades vues par les Arabes), 1986. ISBN 0-8052-0898-4
- In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong (English translation of Les Identités meurtrières, 1998; translated by Barbara Bray, 2000. ISBN 0-14-200257-7
- Origins: A Memoir (FSG, 2008)[1] 1st edition 2004 winner of the Prix Mediterranee 2004
- Le Dérèglement du monde : Quand nos civilisations s’épuisent, Grasset, 2009 (ISBN 978-2-246-68151-9)
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