现年44岁的塔希尔·本·杰伦用法语创作的小说《神圣的夜晚》在巴黎夺得法国最有影响的文学奖——龚古尔奖。本·杰伦生于摩洛哥的非斯城,八十年代起常在法国的《世界报》上发表诗歌和论文,为忍受着种族歧视的非洲移民,尤其是妇女移民呐喊。1984年他发表了论文《法兰西的殷勤好客》,揭露在法国确实存在的种族歧视问题,受到公众的极大欢迎。本·杰伦也写小说,其中 Tahir Benjamin, now 44, has won the Goncourt Prize in Paris, France’s most influential literary prize, in his French novel “The Sacred Night.” Benjamin was born in Fez, Morocco, where he published poetry and essays in Le Monde newspaper in France in the 1980s, often calling for immigrants, especially immigrant women, to endure racial discrimination. In 1984, he published a treatise entitled “Hospitality in France” to expose the racial discrimination that existed in France and was greatly welcomed by the public. Benjamin also wrote novels, among them