Abdellah Taïa author biography, plus links to books by Abdellah Taïa.

Abdellah Taïa

Born in Rabat, Morocco in 1973, Abdellah Taia has written many novels, including Salvation Army, which he also made into an award-winning film, Infidels (Seven Stories 2016), translated by Alison Strayer, and A Country for Dying (Seven Stories, 2020), which was awarded the PEN Translation Prize for Emma Ramadan's translation. He lives in Paris.

This biography was last updated on 02/25/2025.

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