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Amara Lakhous
Amara Lakhous (born Algiers, 1970) is an Italian author, journalist and anthropologist of Algerian origin. He lives in New York.
Early life.
Lakhous was born in 1970 in Algiers, Algeria, in a Berber family with nine siblings. He graduated with a degree in philosophy from the University of Algiers. He also obtained a degree in cultural anthropology from the La Sapienza University in Rome with a thesis on the second generation of Muslim Arab immigrants in Italy.
Career.
Lakhous wrote
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- "On the quest to write in a third language." "Amara Lakhous dreams of green cheese and being reborn into New York City." May 4, 2016.
Honours.
In 2006, Lakhous won the Flaiano prize as well as the Racalmere-Leonardo Sciascia prize for "Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio". He obtained the Prix des Libraires Algériens in 2008.