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

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Biography

He was born in Fes in 1915 of Berber parents. Sefrioui was founder of the Dar Batḥa Museum in Fes, a town that is present in almost all of his writings. After the

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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.Simon Gikandi, ''Encyclopedia of African Literature'', ed. Taylor & Francis, 2003, , p. 677

References

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 ''La Boîte à merveilles'' is an autobiographical 1954 novel by Moroccan writer Ahmed Sefrioui. Background It was long thought to be the first mainstream Moroccan novel written in the French language.In fact the first Moroccan novel written in F ...

'' (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). Berber writers Moroccan novelists Moroccan male writers Male novelists Moroccan autobiographers 1915 births 2004 deaths 20th-century novelists {{Morocco-writer-stub