Mohamed Ali Yousfi
Illustration — Mohamed Ali Yousfi Mohamed Ali Yousfi (born March 3, 1950, in Béja, Tunisia) is a Tunisian writer and translator.
Mohamed Ali Yousfi
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- Born
- 1950 · Béja.
- Nationality
- French protectorate of Tunisia · Tunisia
- Occupation
- writer · translator · poet
- Education
- Lebanese University
- Honours
- Golden Comar for literature
- Languages
- French · Arabic
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Illustration — Mohamed Ali Yousfi Mohamed Ali Yousfi (born March 3, 1950, in Béja, Tunisia) is a Tunisian writer and translator.
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Mohamed Ali Yousfi (born 1950) is a poet, translator and writer, a national of the French protectorate of Tunisia and Tunisia. The poet was born in Béja. Mohamed Ali Yousfi was educated at Lebanese University.
Languages used include Arabic and French. Honours include Golden Comar for literature.
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After obtaining his master's degree in philosophy and social sciences, he completed his postgraduate studies at the Lebanese University. His first novel, published in 1992, was titled The Time for Elves, and won the prize for best Arabic novel Tawkit Al Binka-Al Naked Prize. His second novel, Sun Tiles, was published five years later, and won the prize for best novel of Tunisia 1997COMAR D'OR Edition 1998.
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Translations
• Emile Cioran, Fragments chosen • Georges Bataille, Theory of Religion • Dai Sijie, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress • Guy de Maupassant, From Tunis to Kairouan • Roger Icart, The French Revolution on the Screen • Eric Leguèbe, A Century of French Cinema • Trails wind (choice of poems) by Pierre Emmanuel, René Char, Alain Bosquet and Eugène Guillevic
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Novels (in Arabic)
• Riwayet • Atabat al janna
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Poetry • Edge of the earth • The Night of ancestors • A sixth woman for the senses Novels • The kingdom of al okhaydhar • Yesterday, Beirut • Dentella • Thresholds of paradise
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