Name Abdallah Zrika | Role Poet | |
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Michael gluck lectures croisees rennes 24 mai 2014 avec abdallah zrika
Abdallah Zrika (Arabic: عبد الله زريقة) (born 1953 in Casablanca) is one of the most famous poets of Morocco. His poetry is free, based on spoken language and unrivalled in contemporary Arabic literature in its spontaneity.
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- Michael gluck lectures croisees rennes 24 mai 2014 avec abdallah zrika
- Abdallah zrika portrait d un poete
- Works translated from Arabic into French
- Novels in Arabic
- References
Zrika grew up in the poor neighbourhood Ben Msik. At the age of twelve he wrote his first poems. In 1977, he published "Dance of the head and the rose". For the Moroccan youth, he represents the ideal of poetry, of freedom of living and expressing yourself. Because of censorship Zrika spent two years in jail. Six of his poems were deemed morally dangerous. In 1978, he obtained a degree in sociology. Besides a poet, Zrika is also a playwright.
Abdallah zrika portrait d un poete
Works translated from Arabic into French
Novels in Arabic
(published by Le Fennec in Casablanca)
His poems have also been published in magazins like: Esprit, Autrement, Refuge, Le croquant, Petite, and RMM.
He worked on plays with Louis Sclavis, Luigi Cinqui, writing "He is like the theater".