Soufiane Chakkouche

{{Short description|Canadian writer}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Soufiane Chakkouche

| image = Soufiane Chakkouche.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|12|23}}

| birth_place = Casablanca, Morocco

| occupation = novelist, journalist

| period = 2000s-present

| nationality = Moroccan-Canadian

| notableworks = Zahra

| spouse =

| website =

}}

Soufiane Chakkouche is a Moroccan Canadian writer and journalist.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/dans-la-mosaique/segments/entrevue/402402/laureat-prix-trillium "Soufiane Chakkouche, auteur de Zahra, finaliste au Prix littéraire Trillium"]. Ici Radio-Canada, May 20, 2022. He is most noted for his novel Zahra, which was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for French ProseSadaf Ahsan, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2022/05/10/gothic-stories-genre-defying-memoirs-among-trillium-book-award-finalists.html "Gothic stories, genre-defying memoirs among Trillium Book Award finalists"]. Toronto Star, May 10, 2022. and the Prix Alain-ThomasEnora Paniez, [https://l-express.ca/nos-heritages-salon-du-livre-de-toronto-2022-uof/ "«Nos héritages» à l’honneur au Salon du livre de Toronto 2022"]. L'Express, March 9, 2022. in 2022.

He previously published the novels L’inspecteur Dalil à Casablanca and L’inspecteur Dalil à Paris.Paul-François Sylvestre, [https://l-express.ca/roman-sur-le-maroc-natal-de-soufiane-chakkouche/ "Roman sur le Maroc natal de Soufiane Chakkouche"]. L'Express, April 7, 2021.

He resides in Toronto, Ontario, where he works as a Queen's Park political reporter for TFO.