Salim Jay (born 30 June 1951) is a Franco- Moroccan

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, essayist and

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living in France. He has written about 20 books, numerous

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s and more than thousand

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s. His "Dictionnaire des Écrivains marocains", published in 2005 by "éditions EDDIF (Maroc)" and "Paris-Méditérannée (France)" is a biographical

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of Moroccan writers who have expressed themselves in

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. The book has established itself as a standard reference tool.

Biography

He was born on 30 June 1951 in

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to a Moroccan father and a Romanian mother. Salim Jay lived in

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from 1957 to 1973.Fouad Laroui, "Salim Jay est-il un écrivain marocain" ? in:''Yabiladi.com Mag'', 01.03.2006

Bibliography

*''Brèves notes cliniques sur le cas Guy des Cars'' Barbare, 1979 *''La Semaine où Madame Simone eut cent ans'' La Différence, 1979 *''Le Fou de lecture et les quarante romans'' Confrontation, 1981 *''Tu seras Nabab, mon fils'', (sous le pseudonyme d’Irène Refrain) Rupture, 1982 *'' Bernard Frank'' Rupture 1982 *''Romans maghrébins'' L’Afrique littéraire, 1983 *''Romans du monde noir'' L’Afrique Littéraire, 1984 *''Portrait du géniteur en poète officiel'' Denoël, 1985 *''Idriss, Michel Tournier, et les autres'' La Différence, 1986 *''Cent un Maliens nous manquent'' Arcantère, 1987 *''L’Afrique de l’Occident (1887-1987)'' L’Afrique littéraire, 1987 *''L’Oiseau vit de sa plume'' Belfond, 1989 *''Avez-vous lu

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?'' Le Félin, 1990 *''Les Écrivains sont dans leur assiette'' « Point Virgule », Seuil, 1991 *''Starlette au haras'', (sous le pseudonyme d’Alexandra Quadripley) Editions de Septembre, 1992 *''Du côté de Saint-Germain-des-Prés'' Jacques Bertoin, 1992 *''Pour

Angelo Rinaldi Angelo Rinaldi (born 17 June 1940) is a French writer and literary critic. Biography Rinaldi is the son of Pierre-François Rinaldi and Antoinette Pietri; after growing up in Corsica he became a journalist. He initially worked as a reporter a ...

'' Belles Lettres, 1994 *''Jean Freustié, romancier de la sincérité'' Le Rocher, 1998 *''Sagesse du milieu du monde'' Paris Méditerranée, 1999 *''Tu ne traverseras pas le détroit'' Mille et une nuits, 2001 *''Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains'' Paris Méditerranée - Eddif, 2005 *''Embourgeoisement immédiat'' ed. La Différence, 2006 (see article

) *

References

External links

Article (in French) by Fouad Laroui "Salim Jay est-il un écrivain marrocain ?

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