Amin Maalouf

Amin Maalouf (; ; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese author. He studied sociology at the French University in Beirut. He was the director of the Beirut daily newspaper an-Nahar. But, he left the country 1975 at the start of the Lebanese Civil War. He moved to Paris and still lives there today.

Maalouf writes in French, and his works have been translated into many languages. He received the Prix Goncourt in 1993 for his book Rock of Tanios.

He uses his experiences of civil war and migration in writing his novels. The characters in his novels are wanderers. They may not have just one home country, language, or religions.

Works of fiction
 First Century after Beatrice 
 Leo Africanus 
 Rock of Tanios (Prix Goncourt 1993) 
 Samarkand (first published 1988 titled 'Samarcande') 
 Gardens of Light 
 Ports of Call (first published 1996 titled 'Les échelles du Levant') 
 Balthasar's Odyssey 

Works of non-fiction
 Crusades through Arab Eyes 
 On Identity
 In the Name of Identity 

Other websites
 Amin Maalouf Official Site 

Category:1949 births
Category:Living people
Category:Writers from Paris
Category:Lebanese Christians
Category:People from Beirut