Fouad Laroui

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Fouad Laroui ( Arabic فؤاد العروي, DMG Fuʾād al-ʿArwī ; * August 12, 1958 in Oujda , Morocco ) is a Moroccan writer, literary critic and university lecturer. He writes his texts and books in French and Dutch .

biography

Laroui attended the Lycée Lyautey de Casablanca in his home country of Morocco before earning an engineering degree from the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris and later a doctorate in economics . He initially ran a mine in Khouribga before moving to England and spending several years in Cambridge and York . Today he lives in Amsterdam , where he teaches at the Vrije Universiteit as a lecturer (first for environmental sciences, later for French literature and philosophy) and as a literary critic a. a. works for the weekly newspaper Jeune Afrique , the magazine Économia and the Moroccan radio station Médi 1. To date, Fouad Larouis has published nine novels as well as numerous essays and short stories. Three of the novels have been translated into German. His novels and stories deal with the identity of the individual in a globalized world and the dialogue between cultures. In addition, he deals with various conflict situations in his works. He says of himself: “I write to denounce situations that shock me. To show stupidity in all its forms. Malice, cruelty, fanaticism and stupidity disgust me. "

Works

  • Les Dents du topographe (Julliard, 1996): Chronicle of a young Moroccan who rejects the established order and no longer feels that he belongs to his homeland. Prix ​​Découverte Albert-Camus.
  • De quel amour blessé (Julliard, 1998): The story of an impossible love between a Parisian Maghreb and the daughter of a Jew. Prix ​​Méditerranée des lycées, prix Radio-Beur FM.
  • Méfiez-vous des parachutistes (Julliard, 1999): An amusing portrait of Moroccan society using the example of the lives of two rather crazy people.
  • La Meilleure Façon d'attraper des choses (Yomad, 2001). Album for the young, illustrated by Pierre Léger. Prix ​​Grand Atlas 2005.
  • Le Maboul (Julliard, 2000): Collection of short stories - satirical representation of Moroccan society.
  • Verbannen Woorden (NL) (Vassalucci, 2002): Collection of those poems that took part in the election for the Grand Prix néerlandais de poésie (Buddingh 'Prijs).
  • La fin tragique de Philomène Tralala (Julliard, 2003)
  • Chroniques des temps déraisonnables (Zellige; Tarik, 2003): Chronicles.
  • Tu n'as rien compris à Hassan II (Julliard, 2004): Collection of short stories. The SGDL price of the 2004 amendment.
  • De l'islamisme. Une réfutation personnelle du totalitarisme religieux. (Robert Laffont, 2006)
  • L'Oued et le Consul (Julliard, 2006): Collection of short stories.
  • L'Eucalyptus de Noël (Yomad, 2007): Album for the young, illustrated by Nathalie Logié.
  • La femme la plus riche du Yorkshire (Julliard, 2008): Roman. A young Moroccan student and a wealthy widow find themselves in the middle of the English country idyll.
  • Le jour où Malika ne s'est pas mariée (Julliard, 2009): short stories.
  • Des Bédouins dans le polder. Histoires tragi-comiques de l'emigration. (Zellige, 2010)
  • Une année chez les Français (Julliard, 2010): This novel was nominated for the prix Goncourt and in 2011 received the Prix de l'Algue d'Or (Saint-Briac-sur-Mer)
  • Le Drame linguistique marocain (Zellige; Le Fennec, 2011): Essay.
  • La vielle dame du riad (Julliard, 2011): Roman. (The old lady in Marrakech. German translation Christiane Kayser.) Merlin, Gifkendorf, 2017
  • Le jour où j'ai déjeuné avec le Diable (Zellige, 2011): Chronicles.
  • L'Étrange Affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine (Julliard, 2012): short stories.
  • Du bon usage des djinns (Zellige, 2014): Chronicles.
  • Les Tribulations du dernier Sijilmassi (Julliard, 2014): Roman. (The sufferings of the last Sijilmassi. German translation Christiane Kayser.) Merlin, Gifkendorf, 2017
  • Une lecture personnelle d'Averroès (Éditions universitaires d'Avignon, 2014): Essay.
  • D'un pays sans frontières (Zellige, 2015): Essay.
  • L'Oued et le Consul (Flammarion, 2015): Novellas.
  • Ce vain combat que tu livres au monde (Julliard, 2016): Roman. (In the hopeless fight between you and the world. German translation Christiane Kayser.) Merlin, Gifkendorf, 2017
  • L'insoumise de la Porte de Flandre (Julliard, 2017): Roman.

Honourings and prices

  • 2002: Prix E. du Perron (Netherlands) for his work
  • 2013: Prix ​​Goncourt de la nouvelle for L'Étrange Affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine
  • 2014: Grande Médaille de la francophonie de l'Académie française
  • 2014: Grand prix Jean-Giono for Les Tribulations du dernier Sijilmassi

Literature and Sources

  • "Laroui, Fouad (1958 -....)" [Archive], Catalog Général of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
  • «Fouad Laroui» [Archive], Maison internationale des littératures à Bruxelles (January 31, 2015)
  • «Fouad Laroui» [Archive], Radiolivres.eu (January 22, 2013)
  • Modèles macro-économétriques et environnement: leçons méthodologiques, EMP, 1994, 11 p. (Doctoral thesis applied sciences) [archive]
  • «Fouad Laroui», BiblioMonde [archive],
  • AFP, “Le Goncourt de la nouvelle à Fouad Laroui”, [Archive], Le Figaro (lefigaro.fr) (7 May 2013).
  • Pierre Maury, "L'écrivain Fouad Laroui emporte le Prix Jean Giono" [Archive], Le Soir, (October 16, 2014)
  • Sana Guessous, “Livre Jeunesse: l'univers désenchanté”, La Vie éco, (February 9, 2012) [Archive]
  • «Biographie de Fouad Laroui» [archive], Sgdl.org, Société des gens de lettres (January 28, 2013)
  • "Une année chez les Français par Fouad Laroui", L'Express, (20 octobre 2010) [archive]
  • Mustapha Harzoune, “Fouad Laroui, Le Drame linguistique marocain”, Hommes et Migrations, No. 1300, 2012, pp. 165–166 (lire en ligne) [archive]
  • Amine Harmach, "L'Académie française décerne à Fouad Laroui la Grande médaille de la Francophonie", Aujourd'hui le Maroc, Casablanca, (July 1, 2014)
  • «Le grand prix Jean-Giono pour Fouad Laroui» [Archive], Le Figaro (lefigaro.fr) (February 1, 2015)

bibliography

  • Salim Jay, "Laroui Fouad", in the Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, Casablanca / Paris, Eddif / Paris-Méditerranée, 2005, p. 244 [excerpt / archive]

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fouad Laroui - Moroccan Author - Maghreb Magazine
personal data
SURNAME Laroui, Fouad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Moroccan writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Oujda , Morocco