Tahar Bekri

Tahar Bekri

Tahar Bekri in 2011
Born July 7, 1951
Gabès, Tunisia
Residence Paris, France
Occupation Poet, literary critic

Tahar Bekri (born 1951) is a Paris-based Tunisian poet and literary critic.

Early life

Tahar Bekri was born on July 7, 1951 in Gabès, Tunisia.[1][2]

Career

Bekri has taught Literature of the Maghreb at Paris 13 University since 1985.[1] He has published several books of literary criticism, including one about Algerian poet Malek Haddad. He defines Maghreb Literature as literary texts published by authors from Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco who use colloquialisms in French, Arabic and Berber.[3]

Bekri has published poetry collections in French and in Arabic.[1][4]

Works

Poetry collections

Non-fiction

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bakrī, Ṭāhir al- (1951-....) forme internationale translit.-ISO arabe". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  2. "Bekri, Tahar (1951-....)". IdRef. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  3. Kesteloot, Lilyan (2010). "L'écrivain africain aujourd'hui : mise au point". Présence Africaine. 1 (181/182): 375 – 379. doi:10.3917/presa.181.0375. Retrieved October 6, 2016 via Cairn.info. (registration required (help)).
  4. Joubert, Jean-Louis (2001). "Maghreb : la poésie disséminée". Le Magazine Littéraire. 3 (396). p. 35. Retrieved October 5, 2016 via Cairn.info. (registration required (help)).
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