# Habib Selmi

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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [:Template:Infobox writer/doc](/source/%3ATemplate%3AInfobox_writer%2Fdoc) -->
| name = Habib Selmi
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|01|31}}
| birth_place = [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia)
| occupation = [Novelist](/source/Novelist)
}} 
{{short description|Tunisian novelist and short story writer (born 1951)}}
'''Habib Selmi''' ([Tunisian Arabic](/source/Tunisian_Arabic): حبيب السالمي) (born 31 January 1951) is a [Tunisian](/source/Tunisian_people) 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](/source/Al-Ala) near the historic city of [Kairouan](/source/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](/source/The_Scents_of_Marie-Claire)''), 2008
* ''Nisāʾ al-basatīn ([The Women of al-Basatin](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Banipal)'' magazine.<ref name=":0" />

Selmi has lived in [Paris](/source/Paris) since 1985, where he teaches [Arabic literature](/source/Arabic_literature).

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