Abdelkarim Jouaiti (
Arabic: عبد الكريم جويطي) (born 1962) is a
Moroccan novelist.
Early life
Born in
Beni Mellal, he works in the Moroccan
civil service
The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...
and was at one point the Ministry of Culture's regional director in
Tadla-Azilal
Tadla-Azilal ( Berber: ''Tadla-Aẓilal'', ) was formerly one of the sixteen regions of Morocco from 1997 to 2015. It was situated in central Morocco. It covered an area of 17,125 km2 and had a population of 1,607,509 (2014 census). The cap ...
.
Career
He is the author of several novels including:
* ''Night of the Sun'' (1992)
* ''Celebrations of Death'' (1996)
* ''Yellow Morella'' (2002)
* ''Platoon of Ruin'' (2007)
''Platoon of Ruin'' was longlisted for the
Arabic Booker Prize in 2009.
External links
Author's website (in Arabic)
References
People from Beni Mellal
Moroccan novelists
Moroccan male writers
Male novelists
1962 births
Living people
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