Salim Jay

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Salim Jay in February 2016

Salim Jay (born 30 June 1951) is a Franco-Moroccan novelist, essayist and literary critic living in France. He has written about 20 books, numerous essays and more than thousand newspaper articles. [1]

Contents

His "Dictionnaire des Écrivains marocains", published in 2005 by "éditions EDDIF (Maroc)" and "Paris-Méditérannée (France)" is a biographical dictionary of Moroccan writers who have expressed themselves in French language. The book has established itself as a standard reference tool.

Biography

He was born on 30 June 1951 in Paris to a Moroccan father and a Romanian mother. [2] Salim Jay lived in Rabat from 1957 to 1973. [3]

Bibliography

References

  1. Jean Déjeux, Dictionnaire des auteurs maghrébins de langue française, KARTHALA Editions, 1984, p. 239
  2. Déjeux, Jean (1984). Dictionnaire des auteurs maghrébins de langue française (in French). KARTHALA Editions. p. 239. ISBN   978-2-86537-085-6.
  3. Fouad Laroui, "Salim Jay est-il un écrivain marocain" ? in:Yabiladi.com Mag, 01.03.2006

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