Mohamed Ghozzi (; 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.Abdul Kader El-Janabi and Bernard Noël, Anthropology of the modern arab poem, éd. Maisonneuve & Larose, Paris, 1999, p. 142 Ghozzi died on 18 January 2024, at the age of 74. 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.
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
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