Ahmed al-Madini

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Ahmed al-Madini is a well known scholar, a novelist, a poet, and a translator from Morocco. ^[1] He was born near Casablanca in 1947. Al-Madini sudied in Paris and was awarded a doctoral degree from the Sorbonne. He has published eight short story collections, eight novels, two poetry collections, and five volumes of cultural essays. He also published translations and scholarly studies about the short story, the novel, and narrative in general. In 2003 he was awarded the National Book Award in Morocco.

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1. ^ Arts in Morocco Festival [1] page 14 (at the bottom of the document)

[edit] Bibliography

Benmarek Mariam, An annotated translation of five short stories of the moroccan writer Ahmad Al madini, 2005

Novels:

• Al’unfu fid Dimagh
• Al-Janaza,
• Ihtimalat Al-Balad Al-Azraq
• Ro’ya Seen

Poetry Collections:

• Bardul Masafat
• Andalus Al-Raghba
• Baqaya Gheyab

[edit] External Links

• Banipal, Magazine of Modern Arab Literature [2] (retrieved on 06-01-2008)