Mohammed Khair-Eddine was amongst the most famous Moroccan literary figures of the 20th century. Born in 1941 in Tafraoute, as a young writer he joined the circle of writers known as the Amitiés littéraires et artistiques 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...

. In 1964 Khair-Eddir founded the "Poésie Toute" movement. In 1965 he was exiled to France where he spent years working in factories. In 1967 he started publishing again, writing for "Lettres nouvelles" and "Présence africaine

Présence Africaine

Présence africaine is a panafrican quarterly cultural, political, and literary magazine, published in Paris and founded by Alioune Diop in 1947. In 1949, Présence africaine expanded to include a publishing house and a bookstore on the rue des Écoles in the Latin Quarter of Paris...

". He returned to Morocco in 1979. Khair-Eddine died in Rabat

Rabat

Rabat , is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000...

November 18th 1995, the Independence Day of Morocco.

Works

• Légende et vie d' Agoun' chich (Le Seuil, 1984).
• Résurrection des fleurs sauvages (Éditions Stouky, Rabat, 1981).
• Agadir : The author is very much taken by the "séisme" of 1960, he moves to Agadir in 1961 and stays there until 1963.

For the most part his works have been published by Éditions du Seuil :

• Corps négatif
• Histoire d'un Bon Dieu
• Soleil arachnide
• Moi l'aigre
• Le Déterreur
• Ce Maroc!
• Une odeur de manthèque
• Une vie, un rêve, un peuple,
• Toujours errants
• Légende et vie d'Agoun'chich
• Résurrection des fleurs sauvages

External links

limag.refer.org