Youssef Rzouga is a Tunisian writer and poet, born on March 21, 1957
in Zorda,
Tunisia
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. He began writing in 1967. His first published text was "Something called need," a short story in the magazine ''Radio et Télévision'' (1973).
Education
Rzouga studied at the School of Zorda in
Sidi Alouane. He continued his education at
Ksour Essef
Ksour Essef or Ksour Essaf () is a town and commune in the Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia, on the coast of the Sahel, about 200 km south of Tunis. As of 2014 it had a population of 36,274.[Sousse
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. He received the following degrees:
*Master’s Degree in Journalism and information sciences (Political sciences).
*Diploma in Russian language from the Faculty Patrice Lumumba,
Moscow
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.
*Postgraduate Diploma in Political sciences from the Faculté des droits et des sciences politiques of
Tunis
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.
*Theories of art and aesthetics Postgraduate Diploma, from the Institut supérieur de Beaux-arts of Tunis.
*Postgraduate Diploma, journalism and information sciences.
Career
*Editor of ''El-Amal'', a daily paper (1980-1982)
*From 1982-1987 he was the Chief Editor of the Ministry of Culture's magazine ''Ach’er'' (La poésie)
*Editor of the daily paper ''Elhoria'' (1987-1989)
*Chief editor of the ''Aljil Aljadid'' magazine (1990-1992)
*Since 1989, Rzouga has been the Chief editor of the literary supplement ''Warakat Thakafiya'' of the Tunisian daily paper ''Essahafa''.
Honours and awards
Rzouga has been achieved several awards, including the
Tunisian Ministry of Culture
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award 3 times:
*1981: Award of the ministry of Culture for his poetic book ''I’m distinguished from you by my grievances''
*1986: Award of the ministry of Culture for his poetic book ''The program of the rose''.
*1999: Award of the ministry of Culture for his poetic book ''The Wolf in the Word''.
*2000: National merit award in the cultural field
*2002: Youssef Rzouga Award of Poetry (A yearly Poetic Prize started in 2002, awarded to the best young poet within the framework of The Meeting of Greater on literary creation).
*2003: Aboulkacem Chebbi Prize for his poetic book: ''Flowers of Dioxyde of History''.
*2003: The Pen of the Poet Youssef Rzouga (A yearly Poetic Prize started in July 2003 in Sidi Alouan).
*2004: Prize of the gouvernorat of Mahdia for his poetic book: ''Emergency Case Declaration''.
*2004: King Abdallah II’s creativity Prize / Jordan.
*President of the club Mercredi littéraire in Tunis since 1988.
*Member of the Union of Tunisian Writers
*Member of the Union of Arab Writers
*Member of the Tunisian Association of Journalists
Works
Youssef Rzouga has written many poems and
prose
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pieces:
WorldCat identities
*I'm distinguished from you by my grievances (1979)
*The program of the Rose (1985)
*The Astrolabe of Youssef the traveler (1986)
*The Wolf in the Word (1998)
*The Country Between the Hands (2001)
*Flowers of Dioxyde of History (2001)
*Emergency Case Declaration (2002)
*The Butterfly and the Dynamite (2004)
*Yogana (The Book of Poetic Yoga) (2004)
*Poetical Works (Volume I)... (2003)
Critical reviews
*''The Garden and its surroundings'' (Aspects of the career of the poet Youssef Rzouga, 224 pages) By: Khaled Mejri and Chawki Anizi
*''Globalization and poetic Language'' in ''Flowers of Dioxyde of History'' by Maher Derbel and Abderrazek Kolsi.
*''The Troubadour of Modern Times'', edited by Walid Soliman.
*''The Half-open Door'', by Hafedh Mahfoudh.
*''Down with the mask'', by Chamseddine Ouni.
*''The orchestra of the poet'' in ''Emergency Case Declaration'' by Houyem Ferchichi.
References
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1957 births
20th-century Tunisian poets
Living people
21st-century Tunisian poets