Abdelkrim Ghallab

Abdelkrim Ghallab (1919-2006) was a Moroccan political journalist, cultural commentator, and novelist. He has been an important figure both in the literary and political field. (editor of the Istiqlal Party daily al-Alam) He studied both at the University of Al-Karaouine in Fez and at the University of Cairo, where he took his M.A. in Arabic literature.

Some of his best known books include "Nabadat Fikr", "Fi Athaqafa wa Al Adab", "Fi Al Fikr A-ssiassi" and the novels "Dafana Al Madi", "Lem'allem Ali" and "Akhrajaha mina Al Janna".

In 2000 the union of Arab writers in Egypt included his novel "Al-Mu`alîm `Ali" ( master Alí) among the hundred best Arabic novels in history. In 2001, the Moroccan department of Culture published the complete works of Ghallab in five volumes. In 2004 he was awarded the Maghreb Culture prize of Tunis. His work has been translated in many languages.

References

*Seth Graebner, entry on Abdelkrim Ghallab, Encyclopedia of African Literature (ed. Simon Gikandi), 283.
*Salim Jay, Dictionaire des écrivains marocains. Casablanca: Eddif, 2005, 191-192
*Wazzani, H:asan al- (ed). Dalîl al-Kuttâb al-Magâriba A`d:â` Ittih:âd Kuttâb al-Magrib. Rabat: Manshűrât Ittih:âd Kuttâb al-Magrib, 1993, 315-316.
*Pilar Lirola Delgado "Abd al-Karim Gallab: una personalidad de la vida política y cultural marroquí" In: "Al-Andalus Magreb: Estudios árabes e islámicos" ISSN 1133-8571, Nº 7, 1999 , pags. 135-168
*Altona, Salih Jawad. “Ghallab as a committed writer and novelist”. Mundus Arabicus / Al-'Alam al-'Arabi, 1982, 2 35-52.
*Ian Campbell, U of Mary Washington, Imprisonment, Servitude and Moroccan National Identity in Two Novels by Abdelkarim Ghallab (lecture)

*Ghallab, Abdelkrim. "al-A'mâl al-kâmila" (5 Vols). Manshűrât Wizârat al-Thaqâfa wa-l-Ittis:âl, 2001. The first volume includes: Mât qarîr al-'ayn (I will die comforted, 1965); al-Sudd ; al-Ard: h:abibatî (my beloved earth, 1971); Waajradja-hâ min al-djanna (Y la sacó of paradise, 1971); Hâdhâ al-wadjh a'rifu-hâ (Conozco ese rostro, 1971). The second volume is about the auto-biograhical novel and includes: Sab'a abwâb (Siete puertas, 1984); Sifr al-takwîn (Génesis, 1996) y al-Shayjűja al-z:âlima (La injusta vejez, 1999). The third volume, (novels) includes: Dafannâ al-mâd:î (Hemos enterrado el pasado, 1966) y al-Mu' allim ' Alî (Ali el maestro).The fourth includes, S:abâh:.. wa-yazh:af al-layl (Por la mañana...y avanza la noche, 1984). And the fifth includes: Wa-'âda al-zawraq ilá al-nab' (Y la barca volvió a la fuente, 1989)y Shurűh: fî l-marâyâ (Comentarios en el espejo, 1994).

*Ghallab, Abdelkrim, "Le Passé enterré", (trad. Francis Gouin), Publisud, coll. « Confluents », Paris, 1990, ISBN 2866003241

External links

*Gallab, Abdelkrim (in Spanish) [http://www.literaturamarroqui.edu.es/autores/GALLAB,%20Abdelkarim%20al%20(1919).pdf]
*Interview with Abdelkarim Ghallab, Remembering for Tomorrow (publication of the European Cultural Foundation and Escuela de Traductores de Toledo, Annette van Beugen and Gonzalo Fernández Parrilla) about his autobiographical books "The Seven Doors" (Sab'at abwab), "The Book of Formation", "An Unjust Old Age" (al-Shaykhukha alzalima) and "Cairo Reveals its Secrets" (al-Qahira tabuhu an asrariha). p. 59 [http://www.uclm.es/escueladetraductores/pdf/bookIngles.pdf]