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]

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

External links

• "Death of the godfather" (obituary) in: Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 19 - 25 July 2001, Issue No.543 [1] (retrieved 28-09-2011)
• Entretien avec Mohamed Zafzaf (interview with Mohamed Zafzaf (in French))
• "Legacy of Moroccan Author Mohamed Zafzaf Lives on", Al-Quds Al Arabi 12/07/2005, Al Khaleej Al Arabi 03/05, Elaph 01/03 [2] (retrieved 29-09-2011)

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Name	Zafzaf, Mohamed
Alternative names
Short description	Moroccan writer
Date of birth	1942
Place of birth
Date of death	2001
Place of death