by Amin Maalouf · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253041931
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«Léon l'Africain» is the historical novel by Amin Maalouf, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (352 pages, in French).
A fictionalized biography of Hassan al-Wazzan, a 16th-century Maghrebi ambassador who, captured by pirates and given as a gift to Pope Leo X, becomes the geographer Jean-Léon de Médicis, known as Leo Africanus. It spans Reconquista-era Granada, Ottoman Egypt, sub-Saharan Africa and Renaissance Rome, a crossroads of cultures and religions.
The book belongs to the Le Livre de Poche collection (no. 6359). In 1986 it received the Prix de l’Amitié franco-arabe and the Prix France-Liban de l’ADELF.
Recommended for readers of historical and travel fiction, interested in the Renaissance Mediterranean and the dialogue between cultures.
Amin Maalouf is a Lebanese French author who has lived in France since 1976. His native language is Arabic, and he writes in French. His works have been translated into over 40 languages.
