Ahmed Mejjati

Ahmed Mejjati (born in Casablanca in 1936 - 1995) 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 the Prix du Maroc du livre in 1987.

He died in 1995.

Work

Mejjati’s poetry is characterized by its emphasis on 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

  1. Hommage à Ahmed Mejjati (retrieved Feb. 12, 2009)

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