Amine Al Ghozzi

Amine Ben Aissa (born 1980) is a Tunisian-French writer.

Al Ghozzi went to university in Tunisia, and became a school teacher.

He won the EU Prize for Literature in 2021 for his book ZINDALI, THE NIGHT OF 14 JANUARY 2011.

[1] He has also written poetry and song lyrics, among the latter the lyrics to the famous protest song Kelmti Horra, popularized by Emel Mathlouthi.

As a filmmaker, and made two short films in his twenties, The Blackboard (2004) and Crossed Lives (2005).