Yassin Adnan (born 1970) is a
Moroccan writer and broadcaster. He was born in
Safi, but grew up in
Marrakech
Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...
. As a journalist, he has been heavily engaged with the Moroccan cultural scene since the 1990s, publishing literary magazines and hosting the television programme ''
Masharif'' from 2006 onwards. He has written books of poetry, short story collections, and works of non-fiction, including a study of the writer
Fatima Mernissi. His
debut novel ''Hot Maroc'' (2016) was nominated for the
Arabic Booker Prize. The novel was translated to French and English.
References
Moroccan writers
1970 births
Living people
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