Hubert Haddad is a
Tunisia
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n poet, playwright, short story writer and novelist.
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/ref> He was born in Tunis
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in 1947. His debut collection of poems ''Le Charnier déductif'' appeared in 1967, and his first novel ''Un rêve de glace'' was published in 1974. Since then he has published numerous works in a wide range of literary forms.
Haddad is an experienced teacher of creative writing workshops.
Bibliography
All the following books are published, in French, b
Éditions Zulma
Novels
* ''Mā'', 2015
* ''Corps désirable'', 2015 – Desirable Body, translated by Alyson Waters (Yale University Press
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, 2018)
* ''Théorie de la vilaine petite fille'', 2014 – ''Rochester Knockings: a Novel of the Fox Sisters'', translated by Jennifer Grotz (Open Letter
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Open letters usually take the form of a letter (mess ...
, 2015)
* ''Le Peintre d'éventail'', 2013
* ''Opium Poppy'', 2011 – ''Opium Poppy'' translated by Renuka George (Social Science Press, India, 2015)
* ''Vent printanier'', 2010
* ''Géométrie d'un rêve'', 2009
* ''Palestine'', 2007 (Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie
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The (OIF; sometimes shortened to ''L ...
) – ''Palestine'' translated by Pierre L'Abbé (Guernica Editions
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, 2014)
* ''Oholiba des songes'', 2007
* ''Le Ventriloque amoureux'', 2002
* ''L'Univers'', 1999, 2009
* ''Tango chinois'', 1998
* ''La Condition magique'', 1997 (Grand Prix du Roman de la Société des Gens de Lettres
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)
Short stories
* ''Nouvelles du jour et de la juit'', 2011
* ''Vent printanier'', 2010
Others
* ''Les Haïkus du peintre d'éventail'', 2013
* ''Le Nouveau Nouveau Magasin d'écriture'', 2007
* ''Le Nouveau Magasin d'écriture'', 2006
References
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20th-century Tunisian poets
Tunisian novelists
1947 births
Writers from Tunis
Living people
21st-century Tunisian poets