Boualem Sansal


Algeria (b.1949)

Boualem Sansal is an internationally acclaimed Algerian author. Trained as an engineer with a doctorate in economics, he began writing novels at the age of 50 after retiring from his job as a high-ranking official in the Algerian government. The assassination of President Boudiaf in 1992 and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Algeria inspired him to write about his country.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   The German Mujahid (2009)
   An Unfinished Business (2010)
   Harraga (2014)
   2084: The End of the World (2017)
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