Rafik Ben Salah

Rafik Ben Salah (31 March 1948 – 14 October 2024) was a Tunisian-Swiss writer.

Biography Born in Moknine on 31 March 1948, Ben Salah attended primary and secondary school in Tunisia. At the age of 20, he moved to Paris and attended the University of Paris, where he earned a degree in journalism. After his studies, he moved to Switzerland and worked as a teacher in Paudex and Moudon, leading lessons in French and history. and in 1999 he won the for Le harem en péril. In 2004, he won the Prix des écrivains vaudois, awarded by the . In 2006, he won the special jury prize of the COMAR d'Or for La Mort du Sid, and in 2012 he won the same award for Les Caves du minustaire. A member of several associations, mostly notably of which included the Olten Group.

Publications Retour d'exil : ou Sang femme (1987) Lettres scellées au président (1991) La Prophétie du chameau (1993) Küsse und eilige Rosen : die fremdsprachige Schweizer Literatur, ein Lesebuch (1998) Le Harem en péril : et autres nouvelles (1999) L'Œil du frère (2001) Récits de Tunisie (2004) La Mort du Sid : roman (2005) La véritable histoire de Gayoum Ben Tell : annotée par l'écrivain lausannois Ibn Sallaz (2007) L'Invasion des criquets de terre : et autres nouvelles de la dérive ordinaire (2009) Les Caves du minustaire : roman (2011) Drames de femmes et autres trames : nouvelles (2016) Récits d'Helvétie (2019)