TAHAR BEN JELLOUN was born in Fez, Morocco, and immigrated to France in 1971. He is an internationally bestselling novelist, essayist, critic, and poet, and the winner of many of the world’s most prestigious literary prizes, including the Prix Goncourt and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. He lives in Paris.
ANDRÉ NAFFIS-SAHELY is a poet, critic, and translator from French and Italian.