Biography
Youssef Fadel (born 1949) is a Moroccan novelist and playwright. He was born in Casablanca. He was imprisoned by the government in the infamous Moulay al-Sheriff prison during the 1970s.He has written several plays and novels. His debut play The Barber in the Poor District was turned into a film by Mohamed Reggab. He has written nine novels, including Hashish (winner of the Grand Atlas Prize) and A Rare Blue Bird that Flies with Me (shortlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize). Jorge Aguadé studied the diglossic language used in his works "Des romans diglossiques: le cas de Youssef Fadel"(Cadiz University, Cadiz, Spain).
Published works
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A Shimmering Red Fish Swims with Me, By (author), Hoopoe, 2019, ISBN-13, 9789774169373, Book
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A Beautiful White Cat Walks with Me, By (author), Hoopoe Fiction, 2011, ISBN-13, 9789774167768, Book
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A Rare Blue Bird Flies with Me, By (author), The American University in Cairo Press, 2016, ISBN-13, 9789953892498, Book
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