Mohammed Aziz Lahbabi (born 25 December 1922, Fes, died on 23 August 1993,

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) was a Moroccan philosopher, novelist and poet writing in Arabic and French.

Career

Some of his books were translated into more than 30 languages. Lahbabi studied at the Sorbonne in

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and received a doctorate of philosophy. He was professor of philosophy and dean of the faculty of letters at the Mohammed V University in

. Characteristic of his philosophical writings is the union of Arab-Islamic and Western-humanistic ideas. Edward Craig, ''Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', ed. Taylor & Francis, 1998, , p. 20 He also wrote poetry, fiction, and non-fiction books on economics, politics, and literature. Lahbabi was one of the founders of the Union of Arab Writers of the Maghreb and the review Afaq (Horizons). He was nominated for the 1987

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for Literature.

References

Books

*''Le Personnalisme Musulman'' (1964; "Muslim Personalism") *''Le Monde de Demain: Le Tiers-Monde accuse'' (1980; "The World of Tomorrow: The Third World accuses"). *''Espoir vagabond'' (1972) (novel) *''Misères et lumières'' (1958) (poetry) 1922 births Writers from Fez, Morocco 1993 deaths University of Paris alumni Academic staff of Mohammed V University Moroccan writers in French Moroccan essayists Moroccan male writers Male essayists 20th-century Moroccan poets Moroccan male novelists Members of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco 20th-century Moroccan philosophers 20th-century Moroccan novelists 20th-century essayists Moroccan expatriates in France {{Morocco-writer-stub