# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/amin-zaoui
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:36:26.096Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/amin-zaoui"
name: "Amin Zaoui"
slug: "amin-zaoui"
description: "Amin Zaoui is an Algerian novelist. He was born in Bab el Assa in Tlemcen province and studied at the University of Oran, obtaining a PhD in comparative literature. He moved to France during the Algerian civil war, but returned home in 1999. He has served as the Director General of the National Library of Algeria, and currently teaches comparative literature at the Central Algerian University."
tagline: "Algerian novelist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amin_Zaoui_(20e_Maghreb_des_Livres%2C_Paris%2C_8_f%C3%A9vrier_2014).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1956-11-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.18
  momentum:             2.432432432432432
  historical:           7.691578666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "أمين الزاوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "امين الزاوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amin_Zaoui"
    title: "Amin Zaoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amin_Zaoui"
    title: "Amin Zaoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amin_Zaoui"
    title: "Amin Zaoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amin_Zaoui"
    title: "Amin Zaoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amin_Zaoui"
    title: "Amin Zaoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amin_Zaoui"
    title: "Amin Zaoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2513113"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump