Abdelmajid Benjelloun

Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981) was a novelist, journalist and ambassador from Morocco.

For the Moroccan historian, see Abdelmajid Benjelloun (historian).
Moroccan literature
Moroccan writers
  • Novelists
  • Playwrights
  • Poets
  • Essayists
  • Historians
  • Travel writers
  • Sufi writers
  • Moorish writers
Forms
  • Novel
  • Poetry
Criticism and awards
See also
  • Morocco Portal
  • Literature Portal

Early life

He was born in Casablanca in 1919. His parents emigrated to England (Manchester) when he was only one year old. He returned to Morocco when he was ten. His auto-biographical novel Fi at-Tufula (In Childhood), published in 1957, was one of the first Moroccan novels in Arabic.

Bibliography

Poetry and novels

  • Fi at-Tufula (In Childhood), auto-biographical novel (1957)

On Abdelmajid Benjelloun:

  • Simon Gikandi, The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature, p. 192
  • Rosa María Ruiz Moreno, "Abd al-Mayid ben Yellun (1915-1981): un pionero de la narrativa marroquí", in: Pérez Beltrán, Carmelo y Ruiz Almodóvar, Caridad (eds), El Magreb : coordenadas socioculturales, 1996, ISBN 84-8144-071-X, pags. 487-504
  • Literatura Marroqui Contemporanea (in Spanish) under 'Benyellun'


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