Abdellah Taïa
Moroccan writer and filmmaker (born 1973) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abdellah Taïa (Arabic: عبد الله الطايع; born 1973) is a Moroccan writer and filmmaker who writes in the French language and has been based in Paris since 1999. He has published eight novels, many of them heavily autobiographical.[1] His books have been translated into Basque,[2] Dutch, German, English, Italian,[3] Portuguese,[4] Romanian, Spanish,[5] Swedish,[6] Danish[7] and Arabic.[8]
Abdellah Taïa | |
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عبد الله الطايع | |
Born | 1973 (age 50–51) |
Nationality | Moroccan |
Alma mater | Mohammed V University, University of Geneva, Sorbonne |
Occupation | Writer |
Years active | 2004–present |
Website | abdellahtaia |
Described by Interview Magazine as a "literary transgressor and cultural paragon,"[9] Taïa became the first openly gay Arab writer in 2006,[10] and, as of 2014, he remains the only openly homosexual Moroccan writer or filmmaker.[11] His first movie, Salvation Army, is widely considered to have given Arab cinema "its first gay protagonist."[12] Since his coming-out, according to one source, Taïa "has become an iconic figure in his homeland of Morocco and throughout the Arab world, and a beacon of hope in a country where homosexuality is illegal."[1]