IFransi ngoLwesine inike enye yeembeko zayo eziphezulu, ubulungu kwi-Academie Francaise ehloniphekileyo, umbhali wase-Franco-Lebanese u-Amin Maalouf, iincwadi zakhe zifuna ukwakha iibhulorho phakathi kweMpuma neNtshona.
UMaalouf waba ngumntu wokuqala waseLebhanon oye wangeniswa njengomnye wabantu abangafiyo kwiziko lemfundo - amalungu angama-40 ubomi bonke anikwe umsebenzi wokuba ngabagcini bolwimi lwesiFrentshi.
“Ndiza nayo yonke into endiyinikwe ngamazwe asekhaya amabini: imvelaphi yam, iilwimi zam, iinkolelo zam, amathandabuzo am, ngaphezu kwayo nantoni na, amaphupha am emvisiswano, inkqubela kunye nokuhlala kunye,” utshilo kumsitho wakhe wokwazisa. .
UMaalouf, oneminyaka engama-63, upapashe iinoveli ezininzi ezijolise kwimixholo yenkolo yama-Arabhu kunye nesazisi sesizwe, ukongeza kubuntatheli, izincoko kunye nomsebenzi wembali.
Ngo-1983 wapapasha umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala, "IiMfazwe Zomnqamlezo Ngamehlo ase-Arab", ephonononga ixesha kwimbono yama-Arabhu.
Inoveli yakhe yesihlanu, “iLiwa leTanios”, eyasekwa ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane ye-19 eLebhanon njengoko kwakuhlwayelwa imbewu yophalazo-gazi lwamahlelo, yapapashwa kwishumi leminyaka kamva kwaye yaphumelela ibhaso eliphambili loncwadi laseFransi, iPrix Goncourt.
Uzalelwe kusapho olungamaKristu eBeirut, uMaalouf wasebenza njengentatheli eBeirut kodwa wafudukela eParis nosapho lwakhe kungekudala emva kokuqhambuka kwemfazwe yamakhaya yaseLebhanon ngo-1975.
