Mohamed Ghozzi

Mohamed Ghozzi (Arabic: محمد الغزي; 24 February 1949 – 18 January 2024) was a Tunisian poet and critic, known for his poems with rich allusions for Sufism and childhood. He also wrote many tales and several plays.^[1] Ghozzi died on 18 January 2024, at the age of 74.^[2]

Early life

Mohamed Ghozzi was born on 24 February 1949 in Kairouan, where he continued his primary and secondary education. He obtained a degree in Arabic literature in 1973, and a DEA in literary criticism in September 1989.^[2]

Publications

Poetry

The Book of the Water, The Book of the , Tunis, 1982
He Has so Much Given, I Have Little Taken, Tunis, 1991 (Abou el Kacem Chebbi Award in Tunis)
The Little I Had Taken Is Considerable, Tunis, 1999
There is an Other Light, Beyrouth, 2007
Night Poems, Tunis, 2007

Plays

Ibnou Rochd (Averroès) (First Award at Theater Festival in Charjah)
The Station
Cicada, Teach Me to Sing
The Clown

Children's tales

The Sad Melody of the Flute (First Award Fatma bint Hazaa in Abu Dhabi)
Sea Tale
Shepherd's Star
The Little Fish

Letter to Winter
The Clouds and the Autumn
Spring's Rose
A Star Story
The Present

References

^ Abdul Kader El-Janabi and Bernard Noël, Anthropology of the modern arab poem, éd. Maisonneuve & Larose, Paris, 1999, p. 142
^ ^a ^b "Décès du poète Mohamed Ghozzi" (in French). Retrieved 19 January 2024.

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[1] Abdul Kader El-Janabi and Bernard Noël, Anthropology of the modern arab poem, éd. Maisonneuve & Larose, Paris, 1999, p. 142

[:0-2] "Décès du poète Mohamed Ghozzi" (in French). Retrieved 19 January 2024.

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