List of Moroccan writers

This is a list of writers from Morocco.

Twentieth century __NOTOC__

A

Eliette Abécassis (born 1969) Leila Abouzeid (born 1950) Mohammed Achaari (born 1951) Said Achtouk (died 1989) Issa Aït BelizeSalim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, pp. 36–40. Lotfi Akalay (1943–2019) Malika El Assimi (born 1946) Mohammed Akoujan Mehdi Akhrif (born 1952)Salim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, p. 42. Mohammed ibn Mohammed Alami (1932–1993) Mohamed Métalsi (born 1954), urbanist and architectural historian Idriss ibn al-Hassan al-Alami (1925–2007) Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj (1928–2012) Tewfik Allal (born 1947) Farid al-Ansari (1960–2009)Catharina Raudvere, Leif Stenberg, Sufism Today: Heritage and Tradition in the Global Community, 2009, p. 233. Najib El Aoufi (born 1948)A. Akbib, "Birth and Development of the Moroccan Short Story", in: Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature, Vol. 54, no 1, 2000. Robert Assaraf (1936–2018) Nabil Ayouch (born 1969) Ali Azaykou (1942–2004)

B

Hassan Bahara (born 1978), Moroccan-Dutch writer Souad Bahéchar (born 1953)Assia Belhabib, "Souad Bahéchar, à fleur de mots", in Cultures sud:revue des littératures d'Afrique, des Caraïbes et de l'océan indien, Nr. 164–167, Nouvelles études francophones: NEF., Volume 23, 149–157. Latifa Baka (born 1964) Muriel Barbery (born 1969) Laarbi Batma (1948–1998) Hafsa Bekri-LamraniNajib Redouane, Écritures féminines au Maroc: continuité et évolution, 2006, p. 32. Abdelmalek Belghiti (1906–2010) Abdeslam BenabdelaliKhalid Zekri, Fictions du réel:modernité romanesque et écriture du réel au Maroc, 1990–2006, L'Harmattan, 2006. Abdelkader Benali (born 1975) Mehdi Ben Barka (1920–1965) Zoubeir Ben BouchtaNotre librairie: Nrs 161–163, C.L.E.F., 2006, p. 26. Halima Ben Haddou (born 1954)Rachida Saïgh Bousta, Romancières marocaines, Harmattan, 2005, p. 67. Tahar Ben Jelloun (born 1944) Siham Benchekroun Ahmed Benchemsi Rajae Benchemsi (born 1957) Esther Bendahan (born 1964) Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981) Abdelmajid Benjelloun (born 1944) Abdelwahab Benmansour (1920–13 November 2008) Abdelouahid Bennani (born 1958)"Le roman de A.Bennani" in: La Dépeche de Tanger 9-2-2008, "Regards dur la Poésie de A. Bennani", in Al Bayane, 8-12-2006. Mohammed Suerte Bennani (born 1961) Mohammed Bennis (born 1948) Khnata Bennouna (born 1940) Mohammed Benzakour (born 1972) Mohammed Berrada (born 1938) Hafsa Bikri (born 1948) Mahi Binebine (born 1959) Mohammed Ibrahim Bouallou (1936–2024)Salim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, p. 15, Mercedes Arriaga Flórez, Escritoras y pensadoras europeas, 2007, p. 264, Jacqueline Arnaud, La littérature maghrébine de langue française, 1986, p. 636. Ali Bourequat Hassan Bourkia (born 1956)Salim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, 2005, p. 116. Ahmed Bouzfour (born 1954) Al-Yazid al-Buzidi Bujrafi (1925–2011)

C

Mohamed Chafik (born 1926) Nadia Chafik (born 1962) Abdelkader Chaoui (born 1950)Salim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, 2005, p. 126. Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi (1937–1986) Abdelkader Chatt (1904–1992)Salim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, 2005, p. 129. Mohamed Choukri (1935–2003) Driss Chraïbi (1926–2007)

D

Mohammed Daoud (1901–1984) Zakya Daoud (born 1937) Mohammed Ben Abdelaziz Debbarh (1928–2008)Obituary in Le Matin du Sahara et du Maghreb September 6–7, 2008. Farida Diouri (1953–2004)

E

Youssouf Amine Elalamy (born 1961) Mahdi Elmandjra (1933–2014)

F

Youssef Fadel (born 1949) Allal al-Fassi (1910–1974) Malika al-Fassi (1920–2007) Halima Ferhat (born 1941) Mohammed al-Habib al-Fourkani (1922–2008)

G

Abdelkrim Ghallab (1919–2006) Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920–1997) Abdullah al-Ghumari (1910–1993) Ahmad al-Ghumari (1902–1961) Abdallah Guennoun (1910–1989) Soumya Naâmane Guessous

H

Mohammed Aziz El-Hababi (1922–1993) Mouna Hachim (born 1967) Najat El Hachmi (born 1979) Ali Haddani (1936–2007) Abdul Salam Al Haras (1930-2015) Badia Hadj Nasser (born 1938)Nadia Bouziane, Interview de Badia Hadj Nasser, Agoravox, January 19, 2011.Najib Redouane, "La Voile Mise à Nue", in: International journal of Francophone studies, 1997, pp. 132–194. Allal El Hajjam (born 1948) Mohammed Hajuji (died 1952) Mohammed El Haloui (1923–2004) Mohammed al-HarradiRobin Ostle, Modern literature in the Near and Middle East 1850–1970, Taylor & Francis, 1991, p. 270. Ahmed Harrak Srifi (died 1925) Muhammad al-Hajwi (died 1956)Thomas Kerlin Park, Historical Dictionary of Morocco, 1996. Ben Salem Himmich (born 1947) Emmanuel Hocquard (1940–2019) Ali Squalli Houssaini (1932–2018)

J

Mohammed Abed al-Jabri (1936–2010) Salim Jay (born 1951) Abbas al-Jirari (1937–2024) Abderrafi Jouahri (born 1943) Abdelkarim Jouiti (born 1962) Ahmed Joumari (1939–1995)

K

Maati Kabbal (born 1954) Mohammed Kaghat (1942–2001) Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine (1941–1995) Mohammed Khammar Kanouni (1938–1991) Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938–2009) Rita El Khayat (born 1944) Driss El Khouri (1939–2022) Abdelfattah Kilito (born 1945) Driss Ksikes (born 1968)

L

Abdellatif Laabi (born 1942) Abdelrahim Lahbibi (born 1950) Mohammed Aziz Lahbabi (1922–1993) Amina Lahbabi-Peters Leila Lahlou Laila Lalami (born 1968) Wafaa Lamrani (born 1960) Abdallah Laroui (born 1933) Fouad Laroui (born 1958) Mohammed Leftah (1946–2008) Ahmed Lemsih (born 1950) Ali Lmrabet (born 1959)

M

Mustafa Maadawi (1937–1961) Ahmed al-Madini (born 1949) Edmond Amran El Maleh (1917–2010) Zahra Mansouri Khadija Marouazi, (born 1961) Ahmed Mejjati (1936–1995) Driss El MelianiSalim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, 2005, p. 182. Saida Menebhi (1952–1977)Jean Déjeux, Dictionnaire des auteurs maghrébins de langue française, 1984, entry, p. 253, La revue Maghreb An-nidal, n° 6, pp. 37–50. Fatima Mernissi (1940–2015) Abderrahmane El MouddenInternational Studies, vol. 30, Indian School of International Studies, Asia Pub. House, 1993, p. 113. Omar MounirSalim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, 2005, p. 276 Khireddine Mourad (born 1950)Salim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, 2005, p. 231, Research in African literatures, Volume 23, Number 2, p. 128, Morocco. Wizarat al-Thaqafah - 2005, p. 75. Malika Moustadraf (1969–2006) Mohammed El-Moustaoui (born 1943) Mouad Moutaoukil (born 1997) Mohamed Mrabet (born 1936)

N

Mririda n'Ait Attik () Mohammed al-Makki al-Nasiri (1906–1994)

Mohamed Nedali (born 1962)Salim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, 2005, p. 291. Mostafa Nissaboury (born 1943)

O

Rachid O (born 1970) Salah El-Ouadie (born 1952)Salim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivans marocains, 2005, p. 182. Mohammed Hassan El Ouazzani (1910–1978) Malika Oufkir (born 1953) Touria Oulehri

Q

Bachir Qamari (1951–2021)

R

Mubarak Rabi (born 1938) Mohamed Said Raihani (born 1968) Fouzia Rhissassi Najima Rhozali (born 1960)

S

Mohammed Sabbag (born 1930)Gonzalo Fernández Parrilla, La literatura marroquí contemporánea: la novela y la crítica literaria, Univ de Castilla La Mancha, 2006, see index p. 383. Mohammed Sabila Abdeldjabbar Sahimi (born 1938)Mercedes del AMO, Arabic literature of Morocco translated into Spanish between 1940 to 2009, BIBLID [0544-408X//1696-5868]. (2010) 59; 239–257, p. 241. Abdelhadi Said (born 1974) Amale Samie (1954–2018)Livres hebdo, Volume 14, Nrs 1-5, Éditions professionelles du livre, 1992, p. 182 Thouria Saqqat (1935–1992) Tayeb Seddiki (1938–2016) Ahmed Sefrioui (1915–2004) Mohamed Serghini (born 1930) Abdelhak Serhane (born 1950) Mohamed Sibari (1945–2013) Hourya Sinaceur Mohammed Allal Sinaceur (born 1941) Ali Siqli (born 1932) Faouzi Skali (born 1953)Martin van Bruinessen, Julia Day Howell, Sufism and the 'modern' in Islam, I.B.Tauris, 2007, p. 247. Mohammed al-Mokhtar Soussi (1900–1963)

T

Abdelkarim Tabbal (born 1931) Abdellah Taïa (born 1973) Boutaina TawilLe Maghreb littéraire, Volume 10, Nr 19, Éditions La Source, 2006. Abdelhadi Tazi (1921–2015) Mohammed Azeddine Tazi (born 1948)Salim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, p. 348. Mahjoub Tobji (born 1942) Abdelkhalek Torres (1910–1970) Ahmed Toufiq (born 1943) Houcine Toulali (1924–1998) Bahaa Trabelsi (born 1968)

U

W Tuhami al-Wazzani (1903–1972)

Y

Said Yaktine (born 1955)"Semiotic research in Morocco: An inventory", M Infi - Semiotica, 2008. Yasser Harrak (born 1976) writer, commentator and founder of the Middle East Seminar forum. Nadia Yassine (born 1958)

Z

Haim Zafrani (1922–2004) Mohamed Zafzaf (1942–2001) Mohammed Zniber (1923–1993) Abdallah Zrika (born 1953)

Nineteenth century

Mohammed ibn Abu al-Qasim al-Sijilmasi (died 1800) Mohammed ibn Abd as-Salam ibn Nasir (died 1824) Mohammed Ibn Amr (died 1827) Ali Barrada al-Fasi Harazim (died 1856)Jean-Louis Triaud & David Robinson, La Tijâniyya: une confrérie musulmane à la conquête de l'Afrique, 2000, p. 168 Thami Mdaghri (died 1856) Idriss al-Amraoui (died 1879) Mohammed Gannun (died 1885)Mohammed Lakhdar, La vie littéraire au Maroc sous la dynastie 'Alawide, Rabat, 1971, p. 357-61 Abu Hassan Ali Mahmud al-Susi al-Simlali (died 1894)Susan Miller, Amal Rassam, "Moroccan reactions to European penetration during the late nineteenth century : the view from the Court", in Revue de l'Occident musulman et de la Méditerranée , Issue 36, 1983, p. 53-54 Ahmad ibn Hamdun ibn al-Hajj (died 1898) Mohammed al-Tahir al-Fasi (1830–1868)William Charles Brice, An Historical atlas of Islam, p. 303 Abd as-Salam al-Alami (1834–1895) Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Nasiri (1835–1897) Salomon Berdugo (1854–1906) Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Badisi (d. 1922) Mohammed ibn Jaafar al-Kattani (1858–1927) Mohammed Slimani (1863–1926)See entry in: E. Guernier, L'Encyclopédie coloniale et maritime: Maroc, 1942 Ibn Zaydan (1873–1946) Mohammed Skirej (1875–1965)Tangier et sa Zone, ed. Direction des affaires indigènes et du service des renseignements, 1921, p. 207 Muhammad Ibn al-Habib (1876–1972) Ahmed Skirej (1878–1944) Abdelkrim al-Khattabi (1882–1963) Mohammed Boujendar (1889–1926) Abd Allah al-Muwaqqit al-Marrakushi (1894–1949)Hesperis, 1952, T. XXXIX,. 1er_2émetrimestres, pp. 165–195 Mohammed Ben Brahim (1897–1955)

Eighteenth century

Mohammed ibn abd al-Wahab al-Ghassani (died 1707) Mohammed ibn Qasim ibn Zakur (died 1708) Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami (died 1722) Hasan ibn Rahlal al-Madani (died 1728)J. Berque, Tad'min ac-cunna, de la responsibilite civille de l'artisan. Etude et traduction annotee, Alger : Editions Carbonel, 1949. Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaqrun (died after 1727/8) Mohammed ibn Zakri al-Fasi (died 1731) Ahmed ibn al-Mubarak al-Lamti al-Sijilmasi (died 1741) Khnata bent Bakkar (died 1754) Ibn al-Wannan (died 1773) Ahmed al-Ghazzal (died 1777) Abd Allah ibn Azzuz (died 1789) Mohammed ibn Uthman al-Miknasi (died 1799)Nabil Matar, "Europe through Eighteenth-Century Moroccan Eyes", in: Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, Vol 26, 2006, p. 200 Mohammed al-Qadiri (1712–1773) David Hassine (1722–1792) Abu al-Qasim al-Zayyani (1734–1833) Kaddour El Alamy (1742–1850) Mohammed al-Ruhuni (1746–1815)Mohammed Lakhdar, La vie littéraire au Maroc sous la dynastie 'Alawide, Rabat, 1971, p. 278-80 Raphael Berdugo (1747–1821) Sulayman al-Hawwat (1747–1816) Ahmad ibn Ajiba (1747–1809) Mohammed al-Duayf (born 1752) Mohammed al-Tayyib ibn Kiran (1758–1812) Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi (1760–1823) Hamdun ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi (1760–1817) Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi (1760–1837) Suleiman al-Alawi (1760–1822) Mohammed al-Harraq (1772–1845) Mohammed al-Haik (fl. 1790) Mohammed al-Tawdi ibn Suda (1790–1794/5) Ahmed al-Salawi (1791–1840) Mohammed ibn Idris al-Amrawi (1794–1847) Mohammed Akensus (1797–1877) Hemmou Talb (18th century)

Seventeenth century

Isaac Uziel (died 1622) Abd al-Rahman al-Tamanarti (died 1650) Abu Abdallah Mohammed al-Murabit al-Dila'i (died 1678)