Azouz Begag [ France ]
Biography
© Hartwig Klappert
Gast des ilb 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
Bibliography
Aber die Erde ist rund
Belz & Gelberg
Weinheim, 1993
[Ü: Ruth Subjetzki]
Azouz, der Junge vom Stadtrand
Nagel & Kimche
Zürich, 1998
Beltz und Gelberg
Weinheim, 2001
[Ü: Regina Keil]
Insel der Winde
Unionsverlag
Zürich, 2001
[Ü: Regina Keil]
Le mouton dans la baignoire
Fayard
Paris, 2007
Dites-moi bonjour
Fayard
Paris, 2009
Azouz Begag born in 1957 in Lyon, he earned his doctorate in Economics and works as a sociologist. In addition to scientific studies he has published novels for teenagers and adults. In 1986 he became the most famous representative of »littérature beure«, the literature of North African immigrants in France, with his award-winning young adult book »Le gône du chaâba« (tr: The boy from the outskirts). From 2005 to 2007 Begag was the appointed minister of the advancement of equal opportunities and lives in Paris.
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