Driss Chraïbi
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Driss Chraïbi
Driss Chraïbi (July 15, 1926, El Jadida
– April 1, 2007, Drôme
, France
) was a Moroccan
author
whose novel
s deal with colonialism
, culture clashes, generational conflict and the treatment of women and are often semi-autobiographical
.
Born in El Jadida and educated in Casablanca
, Chraïbi went to Paris
in 1946 to study chemistry
before turning to literature
and journalism
. His first novel, The Simple Past
, was published in 1954.
Other works by Driss Chraïbi:
Chraïbi wrote two children's books.
Driss Chraïbi (July 15, 1926, El Jadida
El Jadida
El Jadida is a port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, in the province of El Jadida. It has a population of 144,440...
– April 1, 2007, Drôme
Drôme
Drôme , a department in southeastern France, takes its name from the Drôme River.-History:The French National Constituent Assembly set up Drôme as one of the original 83 departments of France on March 4, 1790, during the French Revolution...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) was a Moroccan
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
author
Author
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whose novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s deal with colonialism
Colonialism
Colonialism is the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. It is a process whereby the metropole claims sovereignty over the colony and the social structure, government, and economics of the colony are changed by...
, culture clashes, generational conflict and the treatment of women and are often semi-autobiographical
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
.
Born in El Jadida and educated in Casablanca
Casablanca
Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...
, Chraïbi went to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in 1946 to study chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
before turning to literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
and journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
. His first novel, The Simple Past
The Simple Past
The Simple Past is a novel written by Driss Chraïbi....
, was published in 1954.
Other works by Driss Chraïbi:
- Butts (1955)
- From All Horizons (1956)
- The Crowd (1961)
- Heirs to the Past (1962)
- The Ass (1965)
- A Friend Is Coming To See You (1967)
- Mother Comes of Age (1972)
- The Flutes of Death (1981)
- The Mother of Springtime (1982)
- Birth at Dawn (1986)
- Inspector Ali (1991)
Chraïbi wrote two children's books.
External links
- Bibliomonde http://www.bibliomonde.com/auteur/driss-chraibi-97.html
- Moroccan-French novelist Driss Chraibi dies, Monday, April 2, 2007 (CBC Arts ): http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2007/04/02/driss-chraibi-obit.html#skip300x250
- In FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: Audio Book (mp3): Incipit of 'Les Boucs' (Butts) - In SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
: http://www.orienteymediterraneo.com/20.html Interview with Driss Chraïbi