Ahmed Sefrioui

Ahmed Sefrioui (Arabic: أحمد صفروي‎) (January 1, 1915 - February 25, 2004) was a Moroccan novelist and pioneer of Moroccan literature in the French language.

Ahmed Sefrioui
Bornahmed sefrioui
Fez, Morocco
DiedFebruary 25, 2004
Rabat, Morocco
Occupationnovelist, writer
LanguageFrench
Notable worksLe chapelet d'ambre
La Boîte à merveilles
La maison de servitude
Le jardin des sortilèges ou le parfum des légendes
Moroccan literature
Moroccan writers
  • Novelists
  • Playwrights
  • Poets
  • Essayists
  • Historians
  • Travel writers
  • Sufi writers
  • Moorish writers
Forms
  • Novel
  • Poetry
Criticism and awards
See also
  • Morocco Portal
  • Literature Portal

Biography

He was born in Fes in 1915 of Berber parents.[1] Sefrioui was founder of the Dar Batḥa Museum in Fes, a town that is present in almost all of his writings. After the Qur'an school and the schools of Fes Sefrioui has made French his own. As a young journalist for "Action du Peuple" and as writer of historical articles as a curator for the "Addoha" museum he mastered the language. After 1938 he worked at the government departments of culture, education and tourism in Rabat. He died in 2004.[2]

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References
  1. Salim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, Eddif, 2005, p. 320
  2. Simon Gikandi, Encyclopedia of African Literature, ed. Taylor & Francis, 2003, ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3, p. 677

Books
  • Le chapelet d'ambre (Le Seuil, 1949) : His first novel centered on Fez (for this novel he receives "le grand prix littéraire du Maroc")
  • La Boîte à merveilles (Le Seuil, 1954) : the city of Fez, as seen through the eyes of the little Mohammed. This novel about traditions and life in the city was a milestone for Moroccan literature.
  • La maison de servitude (SNED, Algérie, 1973)
  • Le jardin des sortilèges ou le parfum des légendes (L'Harmattan, 1989).


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