Lalami, Laila, 1968-
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Name (Latin)
Lalami, Laila, 1968-
Name (Arabic)
العلمي، ليلى، 1968-
Date of birth
1968-02-24
Field of activity
Creative writing (Higher education)
Creative writing
Occupation
Authors
College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
Biographical or Historical Data
Born Feb. 24, 1968
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Sources of Information
- Lalami, Laila. Hope and other dangerous pursuits, 2005:CIP t.p. (Laila Lalami) data sheet (b. Feb. 24, 1968)
- The Moor's account, 2014:title page (Laila Lalami) jacket (Laila Lalami was born and raised in Morocco; She is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship and is an associate professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside. She lives in Los Angeles)
- University of California, Riverside, Department of Creative Writing Web site, 30 March 2017:Laila Lalami (Laila Lalami; professor; author of the novels Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, and The Moor's Account; essays and opinion pieces have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, The Nation, the Guardian, the New York Times, and in many anthologies; e-mail: [email protected])
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Laila Lalami
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Wikipedia description:
Laila Lalami (Arabic: ليلى العلمي, born 1968) is a Moroccan-American novelist, essayist, and professor. After earning her licence ès lettres degree in Morocco, she received a fellowship to study in the United Kingdom (UK), where she earned an MA in linguistics. In 1992 Lalami moved to the United States, where she completed a PhD in linguistics at the University of Southern California. She began publishing her writing in 1996. Her first novel, composed of linked stories, was published in 2005. In 2015 she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her novel The Moor's Account (2014), about Estevanico, which received strong critical praise and won several other awards.
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