Mohammed Mrabet

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Mohammed Mrabet ( Arabic محمد مرابط, DMG Muḥammad Murābiṭ , real name Mohammed ben Chaib el Hajam ; * March 8, 1936 ) is a Moroccan author, artist and storyteller of the Ait Waryaghar - Berber tribe from the Rif Mountains .

He is best known for his connection to the American Beat Generation authors William S. Burroughs , Tennessee Williams and Paul Bowles , whom he met in Tangier . Paul Bowles translated a number of Mrabet's literary works into English.

Life

Mohammed Mrabet was born in the Rif Mountains as one of 23 siblings, first went to a Koran school and then to a state school. He spent his childhood and youth in Tangier, where he worked as a fisherman, hotel worker and bartender. After meeting Paul and Jane Bowles in 1956, Paul Bowles began translating Mrabet's tales, which he recorded on tape, into English. The illiterate Mrabet became one of the internationally best known Moroccan authors through his stories. Mrabet's paintings are also popular with collectors.

Works

  • 1967 - Love With A Few Hairs , translated by Paul Bowles
    • German translation: Hairy love , translated from English by Roberto de Hollanda, Maro-Verlag, Augsburg 1993, ISBN 3875122054 .
  • 1969 - The Lemon , translated by Paul Bowles
    • German translation: El Limón , translated from English by Lilian Faschinger and Thomas Priebsch, Goldmann-Verlag, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-442-41117-3 .
  • 1969 - M'Hashish , translated by Paul Bowles
    • German translation: M'Hashish. Stories from Morocco , Goldmann-Verlag, Munich.
  • 1974 - The Boy Who Set the Fire , translated by Paul Bowles
    • German translation: Ramadan & other stories, translated from English by Klaus Schachner, Droschl, Graz 1993, ISBN 9783854203247 .
  • 1975 - Hadidan Aharam , translated by Paul Bowles
  • 1976 - Look & Move On , translated by Paul Bowles
  • 1976 - Harmless Poisons, Blameless Sins , translated by Paul Bowles
    • German translation: Harmless poisons, forgivable sins , translated from English, Maro-Verlag, Augsburg 1991, ISBN 3875122054 .
  • 1977 - The Big Mirror , translated by Paul Bowles
  • 1979 - The Lute , translated by Paul Bowles
  • 1980 - The Beach Café & The Voice , translated by Paul Bowles
  • 1983 - The Chest , translated by Paul Bowles
  • 1986 - Marriage With Papers , translated by Paul Bowles
  • 1990 - The Storyteller and the Fisherman , CD, translated by Paul Bowles
  • 2004 - Collected Stories , translated by Paul Bowles

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mohammed Mrabet, Paul Bowles: El Limón: A Novel . 1st edition, approved paperback edition. Goldmann, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-442-41117-3 , p. [2] .
  2. ↑ a b Yaseen Dockrat: The Story Of The Forgotten Author of Tangier. In: GQ Middle East. August 1, 2019, accessed on May 26, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Mrabet, Mohammed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chaib el Hajam, Mohammed ben; Murābiṭ, Muḥammad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Moroccan writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1936