Category: Maghrebi Literature
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172 Books: A Look at Moroccan Literature Available in English
Via the ever excellent ArabLit. By Nadia Ghanem Many readers and bookshops organize their book piles, shelves, and readings by country, loosely defined as the author’s country of origin, or else by where the story takes place. It’s an approach to fiction I always found odd and enjoyable; there is a special kind of enjoyment […]
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Abdellatif Laâbi’s ” Perishable Poems”
A pleasure right now here in the turmoil of virus to sit down & read through the latest Abdellatif Laâbi collection of poems, excellently translated by Peter Thompson, & published by Dialogos in Nola. As the publisher’s website states, “English speakers can now join Africans and Africa scholars in recognizing Abdellatif Laâbi as Morocco’s preeminent […]
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PJ interviews Yamen Manaï re his novel “L’amas ardent” @ Albertine
A short English presentation of the novel can be seen here as L’amas Ardent in a few words.
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A Conversation with Yamen Manai and Pierre Joris
TALK SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2018 3:00 PM IN FRENCH. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. NO RSVP NECCESARY. ALBERTINE 972 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, UNITED STATES GET DIRECTIONS WEBSITE SHARE ON On April 9, join us as we welcome Yamen Manai, laureate of the 2017 Prix de la Francophonie, and writer Pierre Joris for a […]
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Abdellatif Laâbi’s “In Praise of Defeat”
Archipelago books — maybe right now the finest US press truly turned toward & tuned in to the world beyond these Benighted States — has just released a gorgeous 800-page bilingual tome of the Moroccan poet Abdellatif Laâbi’s Selected Poems under the title In Praise of Defeat. The choice of poems is the author’s own, and the […]
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Nabile Farès (1940-2016)
Just heard from his close friend, the poet Habib Tengour, that the great Algerian writer Nabile Farès died on Wednesday. A brief bio-note (revising the Wikipedia entry) for those who don’t know Farès or his work, followed by a little essay I wrote some years ago: Born in Collo, Algeria, Nabile Farès participated, during the Liberation war, in the […]
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Mohammed Bennis Reading
Mohammed Bennis reading at the 38th Moussem — the International Cultural Festival — on the day (July 19) dedicated to his work in Assilah, Morocco.
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Omar Metioui (Oud) & Omar Jaydi (Voice): Poems by Mohammed Bennis
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The First Abdellatif Laâbi Collection of 2016 Out Now
via Arab Lit (in English) BY MLYNXQUALEY on JULY 25, 2016 • ( 0 ) There are two volumes of poetry by Prix Goncourt winner Abdellatif Laâbi out in fresh English translations this year: The first, Beyond the Barbed Wire, is out from Carcanet this month. The second is In Praise of Defeat, translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith, published by Archipelago, set […]
