Ahmed Lemsyeh (born in 1950 in
Sidi Smail
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) is a Moroccan poet. He writes his poems mainly in
Moroccan Darija. Lemsyeh writes for the journal ''Al-Ittih'ad al-Ishtiraki'' and teaches at a high school in
Rabat
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.
He worked as an inspector for the
Ministry of Culture in Morocco, and as an advisor to the Minister of Culture
Mohamed Achaari.
He has 25 published works, including 18 collections of poetry, which include:
* ''Riyyah... Allati Sata-'ti رياح... التي ستأتي'' (Winds... that will come) (1976) in
Moroccan Darija
* ''Fayadan Aththalj فيضان الثلج'' (Snow Flood) (1986) in
Arabic
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* ''Skun Trez Lma شكون اطرز لما'' (Who embroidered the water) (1994) in
Moroccan Darija
References
20th-century Moroccan poets
1950 births
Living people
21st-century Moroccan poets
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