Abdelkebir Khatibi [SEP] date of birth
Abdelkebir Khatibi
Abdelkebir Khatibi () (11 February 1938 – 16 March 2009) was a Moroccan literary critic, novelist and playwright. Affected in his late twenties by the rebellious spirit of 1960s counterculture, he challenged in his writings the social and political norms upon which the countries of the Maghreb region were constructed.
Career.
A native of the Atlantic port city of El Jadida, Abdelkebir Khatibi was born in the middle period of Morocco's 44-year (1912–56) status as a French protectorate. A French-speaking
Committed Poet and Intellectual, Who Attained the Grand Prize of the French Academy in 1994"] ("L'Humanité" obituary of 26 March 2009) [in French]
- [http://www.lemonde.fr/carnet/article/2009/03/25/abdelkebir-khatibi-philosophe-sociologue-et-romancier_1172427_3382.html Rousseau, Christine. "Abdelkébir Khatibi, philosophe, sociologue et romancier" ["Abdelkebir Khatibi, Philosopher, Sociologist and Novelist"] ("Le Monde" obituary of 26 March 2009) [in French]
- [http://www.mediaterranee.com/Maroc/Culture/L-ecrivain-et-sociologue-marocain-Abdelkebir-Khatibi-est-mort.html L'écrivain et sociologue marocain Abdelkébir Khatibi est mort ["Moroccan Writer and Sociologist Abdelkebir Khatibi is Dead"