Walid Soliman
Encyclopedia
Walid Soliman is writer, essayist and translator, born on April 11, 1975 in Tunis
, Tunisia
.
, founded in 1875). After his university studies in English language and literature, he obtained a degree in translation from the Insitut Supérieur de Langue (University of Tunis I).
Walid Soliman is considered as one of the most innovative and original figures in contemporary Tunisian literature
. Thanks to his perfect mastery of several languages and his deep knowledge of the main sources of thought and literature, he has ensured for himself a prominent position in the Tunisian cultural milieu. His translations into Arabic of quality texts written by the most important figures of world literature (Jorge Luis Borges
, Charles Baudelaire
, Gabriel García Márquez
, André Breton
, Mario Vargas Llosa
...) are considered as authoritative.
Besides his translations into Arabic, Walid Soliman has translated several Tunisian poets into French and English. Currently, he is preparing an "Anthology of Tunisian Poetry" (in French).
Furthermore, Walid Soliman is ex-president of the ATPCC (Tunisian Association for the Promotion of Cinema Criticism), and he has many contributions in several magazines and newspapers in Tunisia and other countries (Al-Quds, Akhbar Al-Adab, Jeune Afrique, etc.).
He is currently editor-in-chief of the cultural online magazine Dedalus.
Tunis
Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....
, Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
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Biography
Walid Soliman followed his secondary studies in the "Sadikia" (the first modern secondary school in TunisiaTunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
, founded in 1875). After his university studies in English language and literature, he obtained a degree in translation from the Insitut Supérieur de Langue (University of Tunis I).
Walid Soliman is considered as one of the most innovative and original figures in contemporary Tunisian literature
Tunisian literature
Tunisian literature exists in two forms: in French and in Arabic. Arabic literature in Tunisia dates to the 7th century, with the arrival of Arab civilization in the region. Arabic literature is more important than French-language literature—which followed the introduction of the French...
. Thanks to his perfect mastery of several languages and his deep knowledge of the main sources of thought and literature, he has ensured for himself a prominent position in the Tunisian cultural milieu. His translations into Arabic of quality texts written by the most important figures of world literature (Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo , known as Jorge Luis Borges , was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school, receiving his baccalauréat from the Collège de Genève in 1918. The family...
, Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire was a French poet who produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous work, Les Fleurs du mal expresses the changing nature of beauty in modern, industrializing Paris during the nineteenth century...
, Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo throughout Latin America. He is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in...
, André Breton
André Breton
André Breton was a French writer and poet. He is known best as the founder of Surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism"....
, Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa is a Peruvian-Spanish writer, politician, journalist, essayist, and Nobel Prize laureate. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists, and one of the leading authors of his generation...
...) are considered as authoritative.
Besides his translations into Arabic, Walid Soliman has translated several Tunisian poets into French and English. Currently, he is preparing an "Anthology of Tunisian Poetry" (in French).
Furthermore, Walid Soliman is ex-president of the ATPCC (Tunisian Association for the Promotion of Cinema Criticism), and he has many contributions in several magazines and newspapers in Tunisia and other countries (Al-Quds, Akhbar Al-Adab, Jeune Afrique, etc.).
He is currently editor-in-chief of the cultural online magazine Dedalus.
Publications
- Le Troubadour des Temps Modernes (2004)
- Les Griffes des Eaux (2005)
- Einstein's Last Hour (2008)
- Eros in the Novel (2009)
- The Journey of the Blind, Poetica Collection, (2009)