Rafik Ben Salah (31 March 1948 – 14 October 2024) was a Tunisian-Swiss writer.[1]
Rafik Ben Salah | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 March 1948 |
| Died | 14 October 2024 (aged 76) Moudon, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Tunisian Swiss |
| Education | University of Paris |
| Occupation | Writer |
Biography
editBorn in Moknine on 31 March 1948, Ben Salah attended primary and secondary school in Tunisia.[2] At the age of 20, he moved to Paris and attended the University of Paris, where he earned a degree in journalism. After his studies, he moved to Switzerland and worked as a teacher in Paudex and Moudon, leading lessons in French and history.[2]
In 1987, Ben Salah received the Prix de la meilleure œuvre franco-maghrébine for Retour d'exil.[2] In 1992, he was awarded the Schiller Prize for Lettres scellées au président[3] and in 1999 he won the Prix Lipp Suisse for Le harem en péril.[4] In 2004, he won the Prix des écrivains vaudois, awarded by the Association vaudoise des écrivains.[5] In 2006, he won the special jury prize of the COMAR d'Or for La Mort du Sid,[6] and in 2012 he won the same award for Les Caves du minustaire.[7] A member of several associations, mostly notably of which included the Olten Group.[2]
Ben Salah died in Moudon, on 14 October 2024, at the age of 76.[8]
Publications
edit- Retour d'exil : ou Sang femme (1987)
- Lettres scellées au président (1991)
- La Prophétie du chameau (1993)
- Küsse und eilige Rosen : die fremdsprachige Schweizer Literatur, ein Lesebuch (1998)
- Le Harem en péril : et autres nouvelles (1999)
- L'Œil du frère (2001)
- Récits de Tunisie (2004)
- La Mort du Sid : roman (2005)
- La véritable histoire de Gayoum Ben Tell : annotée par l'écrivain lausannois Ibn Sallaz (2007)
- L'Invasion des criquets de terre : et autres nouvelles de la dérive ordinaire (2009)
- Les Caves du minustaire : roman (2011)
- Drames de femmes et autres trames : nouvelles (2016)
- Récits d'Helvétie (2019)
References
edit- ^ Ouanes, Taoufik (19 October 2024). "Rafik Ben Salah : un astre de la littérature tunisienne s'éteint". Kapitalis (in French). Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Ben Salah, Rafik, écrivain, 1948-". Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne (in French).
- ^ "Prix et subside par ordre alphabétique". Schiller Foundation (in French).
- ^ Julliard, Nicolas (28 September 1999). "RaÞk Ben Salah et la solitude". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "Liste des lauréats". Association Vaudoise des Ecrivains (in French).
- ^ "Palmarès" (PDF). COMAR d'Or (in French). Archived from the original on 22 October 2024.
- ^ "Prix littéraire Comar d'Or 2012 : Moncef Laouhaibi (en arabe) Emna Belhaj Yahia et Azza Filali (en Français)". Directinfo (in French). 22 April 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ Olivier, Jean-Michel (19 October 2024). "Rafik ben Salah, frère de plume". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 22 October 2024.