Salim Jay Explained

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]

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

External links

Article (in French) by Fouad Laroui "Salim Jay est-il un écrivain marrocain ?" http://www.yabiladi.com/article-culture-425.html