Mohamed Zafzaf

Mohamed Zafzaf

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Mohamed Zafzaf (1942-2001) was one of the best known Moroccan novelists and poets (born in Souk El Arbaa) writing in Arabic.[1]


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Biography

Zafzaf lived in Casablanca where he wrote his stories and articles and translated books from Spanish and French. He worked first as a junior high school teacher and librarian.[2]

When his novel "The woman and the rose" had been translated in Spanish king Juan Carlos I sent him a congratulations letter. Mohamed Zafzaf kept this letter on the wall of his house.

Summary:

  • Born in Souk Larbaa El Gharb in 1942.
  • Studies philosophy at the faculté des lettres et sciences humaines in Rabat.
  • Teacher at different lycées of Casablanca.
  • First poem in 1962.
  • First short story in 1963.
  • Member of the writers union of Morocco in July 1968.
  • Published in different Moroccan and Arab newspapers.
  • The "French translation of "The Rooster Egg" ("L'œuf du coq") receceives the Grand Atlas prize in 1998.
  • Author of short stories, novels, translations of poetru collections and plays.

A selection of his works

Short stories

  • The strongest (الاقوى)
  • The holy tree (الشجرة المقدسة)
  • The Lord of the djinns

Novels

  • The woman and the rose
  • The roosters egg
  • The fox who appeared and vanished (translated in French in 2004)

Translation - play

  • A drawing on wood

References

  1. ^ Robert Bennett Campbell, Crosshatching in global culture: a dictionary of modern Arab writers, Ergon, 2004, p. 1192
  2. ^ Salim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, Eddif, 2005, p. 359

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