My Tormentor
Bensalem Himmich
In a gripping novel, whose narrative style is a blend of Kafka and One Thousand and One Nights, Himmich imagines an innocent man’s experience of extraordinary rendition in an American prison. During his captivity, the protagonist is subjected to interrogation and torture by both Arabs and foreigners and yet, against all odds, the author manages to find some hope in an otherwise desperate situation.
Nomination
2011 Shortlist
Bensalem Himmich
Country of origin Morocco
About the author
Bensalem Himmich is a Moroccan novelist and scriptwriter with a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Paris. His creative and academic works are in both Arabic and French and some of his novels have been translated into several languages. He has won many prizes, notably the Naguib Mahfouz Medal (Cairo, 2002) and the UNESCO Sharjah Prize (Paris, 2003). He is the present Minister of Culture in Morocco.