Boualem Sansal is a French-Algerian author who writes in French. He holds an engineering degree from the National Polytechnic School and a PhD in economics. Sansal has worked as a teacher, consultant, business leader, and senior official in Algeria’s Ministry of Industry.
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The only freedom we have left is to choose whose orders to follow.
The fact is, defenders of freedom almost always end up in the dock, and the censors are justified in their ways. It is a vicious circle.
The struggle for freedom requires, first and foremost, a practical commitment.
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Joseph StiglitzAlso won honorary doctorate at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Isabelle CarréAlso won Grand prix RTL-Lire
Yasmina KhadraAlso won Prix Tropiques
Alejo CarpanterAlso won Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
Georges BernanosAlso won Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie françaiseAbout this person
Boualem Sansal is a French-Algerian author who writes in French. He holds an engineering degree from the National Polytechnic School and a PhD in economics. Sansal has worked as a teacher, consultant, business leader, and senior official in Algeria’s Ministry of Industry. After retiring from his high-ranking government position, he began writing novels at the age of 50. He is known for his outspoken criticism of Islamism.
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