Abdelkarim Tabbal (born 1931 in
Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen (, ) is a city in northwest Morocco. It is the chief town of the province of the same name and is noted for its buildings in shades of blue, for which it is nicknamed the "Blue City". It is situated in a mountainous region in northern ...
,
Morocco
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) is a Moroccan
poet
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.
Tabbal first published his poems in 1952 in the magazine ''Al-Anis''. His poems are distinguishable for their use of
rhyme
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and
metaphor
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, giving a musical character to the poetry.
[Wazzani, Hasan (ed). ''Dalîl al-Kuttâb al-Magâriba A`d:â` Ittih:âd Kuttâb al-Magrib'', Rabat: Manshűrât Ittih:âd Kuttâb al-Magrib, 1993, p. 265]
Bibliography
*''al-A'mâl al-kâmila. al-Dawâwîn al-shi' riyya'' (2 Vols.). Manshűrât Wizârat al-Thaqâfa wa-l-Ittis:âl, 2000.
*''al-Ashyâ´ al-munkasara.'' Casablanca: Dâr al-Nashr al-Magribiyya, 1974.
*''al-Bustân.'' (the garden) Chefchaouen: S.E., 1988.
*''Al-Qabd: 'alá al-mâ´.'', Kenitra: Al-Bűkîlî lil-T:ibâ` wa Nashr wa-l-Tawzî`, 1996.
*''al-T:arîq ilá l-insân'', Tetuán: Mat:ba'a Krîmâdîs, 1971.
*''Alá 'ataba al-bah:r.'', Qenitra: Al-Bűkîlî li-l-T:ibâ`a wa-Nashr wa-l-Tawzî`, 2000.
*''`Alâ `ataba al-bah:r'', Afâq, 1999, 61-62 329-331.
*''Ba'da al-djalaba.'', Tánger: Wikâla Shirâ` li-l-Jidmât al-I`lâm wa-l-Ittisâl, 1998.
*''Canción de un marzo triste'', AMADO, Jose María ed., 15 siglos de poesía árabe.Granada: Litoral, 1988
*''Farâshât hâriba''. 2004.Autobiographical novel about his childhood and youth (1936-1956)
*''Kitâb al-'inâya'', Mishkât (26), 95-121. 97.
*''Lawh:ât mâ´iyya'', Chauen: Azîl Nîkűs, 1997.
*''Shadjar al-Bayd:â´'', Chauen: Amzîl Nîkűs, 1995.
*''Three poems'',
Banipal
''Banipal'' is an independent literary magazine dedicated to the promotion of contemporary Arab literature through translations in English. It was founded in London in 1998 by Margaret Obank and Samuel Shimon. The magazine is published three ti ...
, 1999, 5 43-43.
*''Âbir al-sabîl'', Chefchaouen: al-Madjlis al-Baladî, 1993.
*''Âjar al-masâ´'' (the end of the afternoon), Chauen: Mat:ba`a Al-Nahdj, 1994.
References
External links
*Poetry International We
*Poetas del Mund
*Literatura Marroqu
20th-century Moroccan poets
1931 births
Living people
People from Chefchaouen
21st-century Moroccan poets
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