Tahar Benjelloun (born December 1, 1944, Fez) is a French writer of Moroccan descent. He belongs to the second generation of Moroccan writers who write in French and has many publications in poetry, novels and stories, and his works are characterized by folklore and miraculous character. He won the Prix Goncourt for his novel "The Night of Destiny". He moved to Tangiers with his family in 1955, where he attended a French school. He was arrested in 1966 along with 94 other students for organizing and participating in the 1965 student demonstrations, so he gave up the political movement and resorted to writing. He taught philosophy in Rabat until 1971, when the Moroccan government announced its intention to Arabize philosophy education. In response to this move, the Francophone teacher left Morocco for France, where he obtained a higher degree in Psychology. His writing career began shortly after his arrival in Paris, where he worked as a freelance writer for Le Monde newspaper and began publishing poetry and novels. His books: He began writing poetry with the Anfas group in Morocco, then moved to the novel and the story. Several literary works were published by him since the seventies, including novels: Harouda on the House of Donwell in 1973, The Way of Moha the Fool, Moha the Intelligent on the House of Lousoy in 1981, and The Prayer of the Absent from the House of Lousoy in the year 1981. In 1981, The Sand Child by Lousoy in 1985, and Laylat al-Qadr by Lousoy in 1987, a novel through which he won the French Concours Prize in the same year. He also published a number of short stories, poetry collections and anthologies, including: Memory of the Future, an anthology of the new poem in Morocco in 1976, Diwan in the absence of memory in 1980, and the collection of short stories The First Love is Always the Last in 1995. Among his recent works is the novel “The Night of Wrong” 1997, a novel Shelter for the Poor 1999, and the novel that dazzling darkness in 2001, which angered the Tazmamart detainees for not raising their case before and is now benefiting from it to gain profits at their expense. His most important works: The Sand Child 1985. Laylat al-Qadr 1987 (for which he was awarded the Goncourt Prize in 1987) The Night of the Mistake. 1996. That Bright Darkness 2001. To Go. "To heal the wound" marital happiness eradication 2014.