Mustapha Tlili (

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: مصطفى التليلي; born 17 October 1937 – 20 October 2017) was a Tunisian novelist. Born in

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, Mustapha Tlili was educated at the

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and in the United States. He worked at the

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from 1967 to 1982. Tlili died on 20 October 2017, aged 80.

Works

* ''La rage aux tripes'' isceral Anger 1975 * ''Le bruit dort'' he Noise Sleeps 1978 * ''Gloire des sables'' lory of the Sands 1982 * (ed. with

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) ''For

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'', New York: Seaver Books, 1987 * ''La montagne du lion'' ion Mountain Paris: Gallimard, 1988. Translated by

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as ''Lion Mountain'', New York: Arcade Pub., 1990.

References

1937 births 2017 deaths Tunisian novelists Tunisian officials of the United Nations Tunisian emigrants to the United States People from Kasserine Governorate {{Tunisia-bio-stub