Jamal Ouariachi (born 1978) is a Dutch writer. He was born in

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to a Dutch mother and a Moroccan father. He studied

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at university and worked as an online therapist, before turning to writing full-time. His first novel ''The Destruction of Prosper Morèl'' appeared in 2010. His second novel ''Tenderness'' was nominated for the BNG Bank Literatuurprijs and the

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. He contributed the first volume of ''25-45-70'', a trilogy written together with Daan Heerma van Voss and David Pefko. He won the

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in 2017 with his novel ''A Hunger''.

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1978 births Living people Dutch novelists Writers from Amsterdam {{netherlands-writer-stub