Youssouf Amine Elalamy (born 20 November 1961 in Larache) is a Moroccan writer. Career His novels have been translated into Arabic, English, Spanish, German, Greek, and Dutch. His collection of short stories, Gossip (2004), is the first book entirely written in Darija (Moroccan Arabic). He is also a professor in the English Department at Ibn-Tofail University in Kénitra. In 2020, he was awarded the Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique for his novel C’est beau, la guerre. Works Les clandestins, Eddif, 2000, 168 pages. Paris, mon bled, Eddif, 2002, 176 pages. Miniatures, Hors Champs, 2004, 120 pages. Oussama mon amour, La Croisée des Chemins, 2011, 187 pages. Amour nomade, La Croisée des Chemins, 2013,155 pages. Awards and honours He received the prize of best travel account from the British Council International for his book Un Marocain à New York and the Grand Prix Atlas 2001 for his novel Les Clandestins. Notes External links Youssouf Amine Elalamy: Life in the Subjunctive, Death in the Sea Moroccan novelists Moroccan male writers Male novelists Moroccan male short story writers Moroccan short story writers Moroccan travel writers Living people People from Larache 1961 births Fulbright alumni