Sleim Ammar (

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: سليم عمار), born 30 June 1927 in

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, and died on 6 November 1999 in

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. He was one of the founders of Maghreb psychiatry and also a corresponding member of the

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Works

* En souvenir de la médecine arabe - Quelques-uns de ses grands noms'', Tunis, Imprimerie Bascone & Muscat, 1965. * Poème de la médecine arabe, Tunis, Alif, 1990, 153 p. (ISBN 978-9973716187). * Autopsie de la guerre, Tunis, L'Art de la composition, 1992, 168 p. (ISBN 978-9973172563). * Poème de la folie, Tunis, L'Art de la composition, 1993, 302 p. (ISBN 978-9973173843). * Ibn Al Jazzar et l'école médicale de Kairouan, Sousse, Faculté de médecine Ibn El Jazzar de Sousse, 1994, 135 p. (ISBN 978-9973174802). * Itinéraires: 153 poèmes écrits de 1987 à 1993, 1995, 387 p. (ISBN 978-9973175243). * Problèmes de notre temps : 167 poèmes écrits de 1988 à 1995, Ben Arous, Imprimerie principale, 1996, 479 p. (ISBN 978-9973176493). * Abû Bekr Er-Razi, Rhazès : le Galien des arabes, 1997, 200 p. (ISBN 978-9973177575). * Ibn Sina Avicenne: la vie et l'œuvre, Tunis, L'Or du Temps, 1998, 134 p. (ISBN 978-9973757432).

Awards

* 1966:

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, Paris * 1973: Premier prix intermaghrébien de médecine, Tunis * 1984: Prix Médecine Maghreb, Paris * 1986: Prix national de la vulgarisation scientifique, Tunis * 1992: Prix international de psychiatrie de la Fondation Saugstad (shared), Oslo

Bibliography

* Hommage à Sleïm Ammar : l'homme et l'œuvre, Carthage, Beït El Hikma, 2000, 192 p. (ISBN 978-9973929600).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamida, Mongi Ben 1927 births 1999 deaths Tunisian psychiatrists University of Paris alumni People from Sousse 20th-century Tunisian physicians 20th-century Tunisian poets