Bahaa Trabelsi (born 1966) is a
Moroccan novelist.
Trabelsi was born in
Rabat and went to secondary school in
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
and then she emigrated to France. After her graduation in France (troisième cycle) she returned to Morocco for some time. She now holds a Doctorate degree in economic studies from the university of
Aix en Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...
. She is the author of the successful novel "Une femme simplement" (1995). "Une Vie à trois" is her second novel. Bahaa has worked in a government job and is now a journalist and head of the Moroccan magazine "Masculin" and prominent member of an association fighting
Aids.
Her third novel is "Slim".
Bahaa Trabelsi is an active member of civil society and has participated in the creation of several associations, including Women and Development. The Keeper's Chair is her fifth novel and won the 2017 Sofitel
Literary Award.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun ( ar, الطاهر بن جلون; born in Fes, Morocco, 1 December 1944) is a Moroccan writer. All of his work is written in French although his first language is Darija. He became known for his 1985 novel ''L’Enfant de Sab ...
was the chairman of the jury that awarded the award on that occasion.
Books
* A THREE LIFE (UNE VIE A TROIS) December 30, 1999
*A Woman Simply (Une Femme Tout Simplement) 1995
*Slim, Women and Death (''Slim, les Femmes et la Mort)
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References
External links
Interview with Trabelsi
Moroccan women novelists
Moroccan novelists
Living people
1966 births
Writers from Rabat
20th-century Moroccan women writers
21st-century Moroccan women writers
20th-century Moroccan writers
21st-century Moroccan writers
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