Ahmed Sefrioui

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Ahmed Sefrioui (Arabic: أحمد صفروي) (January 1, 1915 - February 25, 2004) was a Moroccan novelist and pioneer of Moroccan literature in the French language.

Biography

He was born in Fes in 1915 of Berber parents.[1] After 1938 he worked at the government departments of culture, education and tourism in Rabat. He died in 2004.[2]

References

  1. ^ Salim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, Eddif, 2005, p. 320
  2. ^ Simon Gikandi, Encyclopedia of African Literature, ed. Taylor & Francis, 2003, ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3, p. 677
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Books

  • Le chapelet d'ambre (Le Seuil, 1949) : His first novel centered on Fez (for this novel he receives "le grand prix littéraire du Maroc")
  • La Boîte à merveilles (Le Seuil, 1954) : the city of Fez, as seen through the eyes of the little Mohammed. This novel about traditions and life in the city was a milestone for Moroccan literature.
  • La maison de servitude (SNED, Algérie, 1973)
  • Le jardin des sortilèges ou le parfum des légendes (L'Harmattan, 1989).
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