| Intro | Moroccan writer and businessman |
| Is |
Writer Journalist |
| From | Morocco |
| Type |
Journalism Literature |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
1943 |
| Age | 78 years |
Lotfi Akalay (1943-2019), born in Tangier, was a Moroccan writer and businessman. He was well-known for his articles in Al Bayane, La Vie Économique, Charlie Hebdo and Jeune Afrique. He also presented a radio-program on jazz and classical music (Radio Mediterranee Internationale).
In 1996 he published his first novel Les nuits d´Azed and in 1998, Ibn Battouta, Pince des Voyageurs.
Akalay studied economy and political sciences in Paris, worked with Royal Air Maroc and ran a travel agency in Tangier. In 1990 he started to write for journals and magazines. In 2006 he published a collection of his chronicles in one book Les Nouvelles de Tanger. All his old and new chronicles are now published through Amazon website.
He died on 18 December 2019.