About Mustapha Tlili
Lived 1937 – 2017 (aged 80). Mustapha Tlili was a Tunisian writer, official and beamter.
Mustapha Tlili (Tunisian Arabic: مصطفى التليلي; born 17 October 1937 – 20 October 2017) was a Tunisian novelist. Born in Fériana, Tunisia, Mustapha Tlili was educated at the Sorbonne and in the United States. He worked at the United Nations from 1967 to 1982.
Tlili died on 20 October 2017, aged 80.
Works La rage aux tripes [Visceral Anger], 1975 Le bruit dort [The Noise Sleeps], 1978 Gloire des sables [Glory of the Sands], 1982 (ed. with Jacques Derrida) For Nelson Mandela, New York: Seaver Books, 1987 La montagne du lion [Lion Mountain], Paris: Gallimard, 1988. Translated by Linda Coverdale as Lion Mountain, New York: Arcade Pub., 1990.
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Who was Mustapha Tlili?
Tunisian writer (1937-2017)
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Mustapha Tlili was born on 17 October 1937 in Fériana.
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Mustapha Tlili died on 20 October 2017 in New York City.
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Mustapha Tlili was a writer, official and beamter.
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Mustapha Tlili was Tunisian.
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