{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Habib Selmi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|01|31}} | birth_place = Tunisia | occupation = Novelist }} {{short description|Tunisian novelist and short story writer (born 1951)}} '''Habib Selmi''' (Tunisian Arabic: حبيب السالمي) (born 31 January 1951) is a Tunisian novelist and short story writer.<ref name=":0">[http://www.banipal.co.uk/contributors/184/habib_selmi/ Profile on Banipal magazine website]</ref>
==Early life== He was born in Al-Ala near the historic city of Kairouan. To date, he has published eight novels and two short story collections.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
==Career== His books include: * ''Jabal al-'Anz'' (''Goat Mountain''), 1988 * ''Surat Badawi Mayyit'' (''Portrait of a Dead Bedouin''), 1990 * ''Matahat al-Raml'' (''Sand Labyrinth''), 1994 * ''Hufar Dafi'a'' (''Warm Pits''), 1999 * ''Ushaq Bayya'' (''Bayya's Lovers''), 2002 * ''Asrar Abdallah'' (''Abdallah’s Secrets''), 2006 * ''Rawaïh Marie-Claire'' (''The Scents of Marie-Claire''), 2008 * ''Nisāʾ al-basatīn (The Women of al-Basatin),'' 2011 * ''Al-ishtīāq ilā al-jāra (Longing for the Woman Next Door),'' 2020 His work has been shortlisted three times for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, in 2009 (for ''The Scents of Marie-Claire),'' 2012 (for ''The Women of al-Basatin),'' and 2021 (for ''Longing for the Woman Next Door)''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Habib Selmi {{!}} International Prize for Arabic Fiction |url=https://www.arabicfiction.org/en/Habib-Selmi |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=www.arabicfiction.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview with shortlist author Habib Selmi {{!}} International Prize for Arabic Fiction |url=https://www.arabicfiction.org/en/node/1844 |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=www.arabicfiction.org}}</ref> His work has been translated into a number of languages, including English and French and has featured in multiple issues of ''Banipal'' magazine.<ref name=":0" />
Selmi has lived in Paris since 1985, where he teaches Arabic literature.
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