Mohammed Khammar Kanouni
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Mohammed Khammar Kanouni or Guenouni (1938 in Ksar el-Kebir-1991) was one of the three most important poets of Morocco
in the 1960s. Together with Ahmed Mejjati
and Mohamed Serghini
he represented a generation of change. His poetry represents the transition between writers before and after Moroccan independence. He is considered one of the fathers of the poets who broke through in the eighties.
His poems were first published in the French anthology of Moroccan poetry La Memoire future (Maspero, 1976, ed. by Tahar Ben Jelloun
). His poems were regularly published in the cultural supplement of the daily newspaper Al-'Alam.
Kanouni grew up in Larache
, received his PhD from the university in Rabat in 1974 and worked for Moroccan national radio and as a teacher at secondary schools and university.
Some of his poems were translated by Abdellatif Laabi
and published in La poesía marroquí: de la independencia a nuestros días, Santa Cruz de Tenerife:Idea, 2006.
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...
in the 1960s. Together with Ahmed Mejjati
Ahmed Mejjati
Ahmed Mejjati was an influential Moroccan avant-garde poet.-Biography:Mejjati studied in Damascus and completed his PhD in Arabic literature at the Mohammed V University in Rabat, where he also worked as a professor of Arabic literature.He won the Ibn Zaydoun Award for poetry in Madrid in 1985,...
and Mohamed Serghini
Mohamed Serghini
Mohamed Serghini is a famous Moroccan poet. Serghini is the author of several poetry collections, a novel and numerous translations. In 2004 he was awarded the Prix International de Poésie Argana.Mohamed Serghini was born in Fes in 1930...
he represented a generation of change. His poetry represents the transition between writers before and after Moroccan independence. He is considered one of the fathers of the poets who broke through in the eighties.
His poems were first published in the French anthology of Moroccan poetry La Memoire future (Maspero, 1976, ed. by Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun is a Moroccan poet and writer. The entirety of his work is written in French, although his first language is Arabic.-Life:...
). His poems were regularly published in the cultural supplement of the daily newspaper Al-'Alam.
Kanouni grew up in Larache
Larache
Larache is an important harbour town in the region Tanger-Tétouan in northern Morocco. It was founded in the 7th century when a group of Muslim soldiers from Arabia extended their camp at Lixus onto the south bank of the Loukkos River.In 1471, the Portuguese settlers from Asilah and Tangier drove...
, received his PhD from the university in Rabat in 1974 and worked for Moroccan national radio and as a teacher at secondary schools and university.
Some of his poems were translated by Abdellatif Laabi
Abdellatif Laabi
Abdellatif Laâbi is a Moroccan poet, born in 1942 in Fes, Morocco.Laâbi, then teaching French, founded with other poets the artistic journal Souffles, an important literary review in 1966...
and published in La poesía marroquí: de la independencia a nuestros días, Santa Cruz de Tenerife:Idea, 2006.