Robert Merle

Robert Merle is a bestselling literary fiction novelist who was born in the southern city of Tebessa in Algeria.He happened to be born in Algeria since his father was at the time stationed there working as an interpreter specializing in judicial affairs who was an expert in both written and spoken Arabic.In 1916, his father lost his life while participating in the Dardanelles campaign and his mother took Merle back to Paris where he went to the Sorbonne and did very well.