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Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981) was a novelist, journalist and ambassador from Morocco.

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Forms
Novel Poetry
Criticism and awards
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See also
El Majdoub Awzal Choukri Ben Jelloun Zafzaf El Maleh Chraîbi Mernissi Leo Africanus Khaïr-Eddine Qamari
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Early life

He was born in Casablanca in 1919. His parents emigrated to England (Manchester) when he was only one year old. He returned to Morocco when he was ten. His auto-biographical novel Fi at-Tufula (In Childhood), published in 1957, was one of the first Moroccan novels in Arabic.

Bibliography

Poetry and novels

• Fi at-Tufula (In Childhood), auto-biographical novel (1957)

On Abdelmajid Benjelloun:

• Simon Gikandi, The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature, p. 192
• Rosa María Ruiz Moreno, "Abd al-Mayid ben Yellun (1915-1981): un pionero de la narrativa marroquí", in: Pérez Beltrán, Carmelo y Ruiz Almodóvar, Caridad (eds), El Magreb : coordenadas socioculturales, 1996, ISBN 84-8144-071-X, pags. 487-504

External links

• Literatura Marroqui Contemporanea (in Spanish) under 'Benyellun'

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