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Ahmed Taib El Alj

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Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj

Ahmed Taib El Alj (9 September 1928 – 1 December 2012) was a Moroccan writer of Moroccan Arabic Zajal poetry and drama.[1] He received several prizes and decorations for his service to Moroccan Arabic language theatre.

Life

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El Alj was born in Fes. He wrote more than forty plays and adapted more than thirty works for the stage. According to Salim Jay, the work of al-Aldj is a "treasure of the culture of humanity".[2] He rewrote, in Moroccan Arabic, works by Molière, Shakespeare and Brecht and had a great influence on Moroccan popular culture. His work was markedly influenced by French theater, especially the plays of Molière and Pierre Beaumarchais. He died in Rabat.

Awards and honours

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In 1973, he was awarded the prize of Literature of Morocco, and in 1975, the Medal of Intellectual Merit of Syria.

References

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  1. ^ "Hespress, Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj". Hespress News (in Arabic). 9 April 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  2. ^ Jay, Salim, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains. Casablanca: Eddif, 2005, 156-159.
  • Wazzâni, Hasan al-(ed). Dalîl al-Kuttâb al-Magâriba A`d:â` Ittih: al-Magrib. Rabat: Manshűrât Ittih:âd Kuttâb al-Magrib, 1993, p. 293

Publications by Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj

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  • Al-Barnît:a. Rabat: Mat:ba`a al-Ma`ârifa al-Djadîda, 2001.
  • Al-Mashrah: ba`ada al-Mut:laq: mumârasât, ishkaliyyât wa tatallu`ât, LAHBABI, Muhammad Aziz ed., Al-Masrah: al-Magribî bayna al-´ams wa-l-yawm. (Moroccan theater yesterday and today) Témara: Bayt ´Âl Muh:ammad `Azîz Lah:ababî, 1998, 43-50.
  • al-Sa'd. Rabat: al-Djama'iyya al-Magribiyya li-l-Ta´lîf wa-l-Tardjama wa-l-Nashr, 1986.
  • Al-´Ard wa-l-dhi´ âb: masrah:iyya fî qasmayn. Rabat: Wizâra al-Shu´űn, al-Thaqâfiyya, 1994.
  • Binâ´ al-wat:an. Rabat: Masrah: Muh:ammad al-Jâmis, 1988.
  • Du'â´ li-l-Quds. Rabat: s.e, 1980.
  • Yűhâ wa shadjara al-tufâh. Tánger : Wakâla Shirâ´li-l-Jidamât al-`Ilâm wa-l-Ittis:âl, 1997.
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