Hédi Bouraoui is a Tunisia

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 poet, novelist and academic, who regularly deals with themes involving the transcendence of cultural boundaries.

Bouraoui was educated in France

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 and in the United States

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, in French, English and American literature. In 1966, he joined the faculty at York University

York University

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 in Toronto, Ontario, where he teaches both French and English literature, specializing in Africa

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n, Caribbean

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 and franco-ontarian

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 literatures. He also launched the Canada-Mediterranean Centre (CMC) at the university.

In May, 2003, he was granted an honorary doctorate from Laurentian University

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 in Sudbury, Ontario

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in recognition of his contributions to Canadian and world literature. He has also received a number of literary awards in Canada, France, and Tunisia.

Novels

• L'Icônaison, 1985 ISBN 2890403521
• Bangkok Blues, 1994 ISBN 1895873088
• Retour à Thyna, 1996 ISBN 9973757262
• La Pharaone, 1998 ISBN 9973757041
• Ainsi parle la Tour CN, 1999 ISBN 2921463237
• La Composée, 2001 ISBN 2921463288
• La Femme d'entre les lignes, 2002 ISBN 0921916701
• Sept Portes pour une Brûlance, 2005 ISBN 189058101
• Puglia à bras ouverts, 2007 ISBN 9782980969249
• Cap Nord, 2008 ISBN 9781897058732
• Les aléas d'une odyssée, 2009 ISBN 9781897058886

Poetry

• Musocktail, 1966
• Tremblé, 1969
• Eclate-Module, 1972
• Vésuviade, 1976 ISBN 2243002612
• Haïtuvois, suivi de Antillades, 1980 ISBN 289017011X
• Tales of Heritage I, 1981 ISBN 091937649
• Vers et l'Envers, 1982 ISBN 0920802443
• Ignescent, 1982 ISBN 2903871051
• Tales of Heritage II, 1986 ISBN 091937163
• Echosmos, 1986 ISBN 0969127022 or ISBN 0969127030
• Reflet Pluriel, 1986
• Emergent les Branches, 1986
• Arc-en-Terre, 1991 ISBN 1895667003
• Poésies, 1991
• Emigressence, 1992 ISBN 0919925839
• Nomadaime, 1995 ISBN 0921916523
• Transvivance, 1996
• L'Ange perVers, 1998
• Illuminations Autistes, 2003 ISBN 9973510186
• Struga, suivi de Margelle d'un festival, 2004 ISBN 292315309X
• Sfaxitude, 2005
• Livr'Errance, 2005
• In-side Faces/ Visages du Dedans, 2008 ISBN 9782980969263
• Adamesques, 2009 ISBN 9782915235597

Essays

• Créaculture I, 1971
• Créaculture II, 1971
• The Canadian Alternative, 1980 ISBN 0920802168
• Critical Strategy, 1983 ISBN 0920802605
• La Francophonie à l'Estomac, 1995 ISBN 2879310474
• La Littérature franco-ontarienne. Etat des lieux, 2000 ISBN 11988282
• Pierre Léon: Poète de l'Humour, 2003 ISBN 1894547772
• Transpoétique: Éloge du Nomadisme, 2005 ISBN 2923153391
• Perspectives sur la littérature franco-ontarienne, 2007