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Leïla Bahsaïn

  • Skill Category: Writers
  • Present Address: France
  • Country: Morocco
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Biography

Both her readers and literary critics acclaimed her for her latest opus. Meet French-Moroccan writer Leïla Bahsaïn-Monnier, who authored «La théorie des aubergines» (‘The eggplant theory’), published by Albin Michel, her second novel. The Morocco-born writer has received numerous prizes for her short stories and two novels, across different literary genres.A native of Salé who grew up in Marrakech from the age of 8, the writer has indeed won the Mediterranean Prize, a French literary award, for her first novel for «Le ciel sous nos pas» (‘The sky under our steps’), becoming one of the first women and Moroccan to receive the famous distinction. The book also won the European and Mediterranean book prize, which was awarded to renowned writers such as Eric Fottorino.

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Won the 2020 Mediterranean Prize, a French literary award

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