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Artists who fell for Morocco

Alberto Ruy Sánchez

A trip to the Sahara in 1975 made Essaouira the heart of his fiction.

  • From: Mexico
  • Their art: writer
  • In Morocco: first trip 1975; many returns
  • Made here or about here: His Mogador novels

Where in Morocco

  • Essaouira: Mogador, setting of most of his novels
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Ruy_S%C3%A1nchez

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