Moroccan author scoops Irish literary award

Moroccan author Tahar Ben Jelloun today scooped the world’s richest literary prize for a work published in English.

Moroccan author Tahar Ben Jelloun today scooped the world’s richest literary prize for a work published in English.

The 60-year-old writer was awarded the €100,000 Impac Dublin Literary Award for his novel This Blinding Absence Of Light.

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