I came to poetry through th... by Tahar Ben Jelloun, a French Poet

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“I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity.”

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Name: Tahar Ben Jelloun

Nationality: French

Date of Birth: Dec 1, 1944

Profession: Poet

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I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.

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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.

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Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.

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People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work.

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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.

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