Ahmed Sefrioui Explained
| Birth Date: | January 1, 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Fez, Morocco |
| Death Date: | February 25, 2004 |
| Death Place: | Rabat, Morocco |
| Occupation: | novelist, writer |
| Language: | French |
| Notableworks: | Le chapelet d'ambre
La Boîte à merveilles
La maison de servitude
Le jardin des sortilèges ou le parfum des légendes |
Ahmed Sefrioui (Arabic: أحمد صفروي) (January 1, 1915 - February 25, 2004) was a Moroccan novelist and pioneer of Moroccan literature in the French language.
Biography
He was born in Fes in 1915 of Berber parents.[1] After 1938 he worked at the government departments of culture, education and tourism in Rabat. He died in 2004.[2]
References
- Salim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, Eddif, 2005, p. 320
- Simon Gikandi, Encyclopedia of African Literature, ed. Taylor & Francis, 2003,, p. 677
Books
- Le chapelet d'ambre (Le Seuil, 1949) : His first novel centered on Fez (for this novel he receives "le grand prix littéraire du Maroc")
- La Boîte à merveilles (Le Seuil, 1954) : the city of Fez, as seen through the eyes of the little Mohammed. This novel about traditions and life in the city was a milestone for Moroccan literature.
- La maison de servitude (SNED, Algérie, 1973)
- Le jardin des sortilèges ou le parfum des légendes (L'Harmattan, 1989).
