Mohamed Ghozzi

Mohamed Ghozzi (Arabic: محمد الغزي; 24 February 1949 – 18 January 2024) was a Tunisian poet and critic, known for his poems with rich allusions for Sufism and childhood. He also wrote many tales and several plays.[1] Ghozzi died on 18 January 2024, at the age of 74.[2]

Early life

Mohamed Ghozzi was born on 24 February 1949 in Kairouan, where he continued his primary and secondary education. He obtained a degree in Arabic literature in 1973, and a DEA in literary criticism in September 1989.[2]

Publications

Poetry

  • The Book of the Water, The Book of the , Tunis, 1982
  • He Has so Much Given, I Have Little Taken, Tunis, 1991 (Abou el Kacem Chebbi Award in Tunis)
  • The Little I Had Taken Is Considerable, Tunis, 1999
  • There is an Other Light, Beyrouth, 2007
  • Night Poems, Tunis, 2007

Plays

  • Ibnou Rochd (Averroès) (First Award at Theater Festival in Charjah)
  • The Station
  • Cicada, Teach Me to Sing
  • The Clown

Children's tales

  • The Sad Melody of the Flute (First Award Fatma bint Hazaa in Abu Dhabi)
  • Sea Tale
  • Shepherd's Star
  • The Little Fish
  • Letter to Winter
  • The Clouds and the Autumn
  • Spring's Rose
  • A Star Story
  • The Present

References

  1. ^ Abdul Kader El-Janabi and Bernard Noël, Anthropology of the modern arab poem, éd. Maisonneuve & Larose, Paris, 1999, p. 142
  2. ^ a b "Décès du poète Mohamed Ghozzi" (in French). Retrieved 19 January 2024.


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