Ahmed Mejjati
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Ahmed Mejjati (born in Casablanca in 1936 – October 1995) was an influential Moroccan avant-garde poet.
Biography[edit]
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 the Prix du Maroc du livre in 1987.
Work[edit]
Mejjati's poetry uses pure Arabic diction and original syntactic formation. He published poems in magazines, but only one book of poetry: Al Fouroussiya (Chivalry).
The Syrian critic Mohammed Mohi Eddine called Mejjati's poem Assouqout one of the most beautiful poems in the Arabic language.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Hommage à Ahmed Mejjati [1] Archived 2006-05-21 at the Wayback Machine(retrieved Feb. 12, 2009)
External links[edit]
- Poetry International web [2] (retrieved Feb. 12, 2009)
Bibliography[edit]
- Al Fouroussiya (Chivalry), ed. Publications of the national council for Arab culture, Rabat, 1987
- Ahmad Al Maggati Poète d'avant-garde marocain, thèse de doctorat d'Etat soutenue à Aix-Marseille, 1988