Shukri Mabkhout

Shukri Mabkhout, also transcribed Choukri Mabkhout, (; born 1962) is a Tunisian academic, critic and novelist. His 2014 debut novel, ''al-Talyānī'' (The Italian), won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (the "Arab Booker") and has been translated into English and Italian. Provided by Wikipedia