| Intro | Moroccan novelist, playwright and theatre director |
| Is |
Theater professional Writer Novelist Playwright Theatre director Screenwriter |
| From | Morocco |
| Type |
Arts Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
1 January 1949, Casablanca, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco |
| Age | 72 years |
Youssef Fadel (born 1949) is a Moroccan novelist and playwright. He was born in Casablanca. He was imprisoned by the government in the infamous Moulay al-Sheriff prison during the 1970s.
He has written several plays and novels. His debut play The Barber in the Poor District was turned into a film by Mohamed Reggab. He has written nine novels, including Hashish (winner of the Grand Atlas Prize) and A Rare Blue Bird that Flies with Me (shortlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize). Jorge Aguadé studied the diglossic language used in his works “Des romans diglossiques: le cas de Youssef Fadel”(Cadiz University, Cadiz, Spain).