Faraj Hawwar ( ar, فرج الحوار) (commonly spelled "Fredj Lahouar") is a Tunisian writer, novelist and researcher born in
Hammam Sousse
Hammam Sousse ( aeb, حمّام سوسة) is a coastal town in eastern Tunisia. It is located north of Sousse. It has about 42,691 inhabitants in 2014.
Location
Hammam Sousse is located north of Sousse, at around .
History
As in the other re ...
on 12 February 1954.
He completed his primary and secondary education in
Sousse
Sousse or Soussa ( ar, سوسة, ; Berber:''Susa'') is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf ...
, as a 1978 alumnus of
École Normale Supérieure,
Tunisia, majoring in French Language and Literature.
He writes in both
Arabic and
French
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
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.
Career
Hawwar is a Tunisian novelist and member of the Tunisian Writers Union since 1993.
He writes novels in both Arabic and French, and stories and poetry in French.
In 1985, he released his first novel ''Death, the Sea and the Rat'' (original: ''Al-mawt wa-al-baḥr wa-al-ǧurad̲''), and now has over 16 novels.
Hawwar has written several monographs, including ''Writers’ Metaphors and Rhetoricians' References'' (original: ''Kināyāt al-udabāʼ wa-ishārāt al-bulaghāʼ''),
''The Fragrant Meadows in Al Khatir’s Picnic'' (original: ''al-Rawḍ al-ʻāṭir fī nuzʹhat al-khāṭir''),
''Writing Desire'' (original: ''kitābat al-raghbah'') (a study on
Georges Bataille
Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (; ; 10 September 1897 – 9 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, ...
’s works, in French, 2013), and the ''Dictionary of'' ''Tunisian Revolution'' (in French, 2018).
He also translated ''The'' ''Anthology of Tunisian Short Stories'' (2008) and ''Anthology of Tunisian Novels'' (2009) from Arabic into French (in collaboration with Hafez al-Hadidi).
His doctoral thesis is on the issue of desire in the writings of Georges Bataille
and he has undertaken extensive research on gender in French and Arab Islamic heritage.
Novels
The following are some of his novels:
* ''The Conspiracy'' (original: ''al-muʼāmarah''), Dar al-Ma'arif, Cairo (1992)
*''Explanation of the Facts about Absence and Melancholy'' (original: ''at-tabayyān fi'l ghurba w'il ashjān'') Dar al-Janub, Tunis 1996
* ''Ainsi Parlait San Antonio'', L'Or du Temps, Tunis 1998
* ''The Body is a Banquet'' (original: ''al-Jasad walīmah''), Dar Tabr Al Zaman, Tunisia (1999)
* ''La créature des abysses'', Editions Saha, Tunis 1999
* ''Night Rituals'' (original: ''Ṭuqūs al-layl''), Al-Kamel Verlag, Cologne (2008)
* ''The Cleansing'' (original: ''al-taṭhīr''), Dar Zainab Publishing, Tunis (2019)
Awards
*''The Conspiracy'' won the
Abu Al Qasim Al Shabi Award in 1992
and was ranked among the top 100 Arabic-language novels of the 20th century by the
Arab Writers Union
The Arab Writers Union (ar.: اتحاد الكتاب العرب) is an association of Arab writers, founded in 1969, in Damascus, Syria, at the initiative of a group of Arab writers including Syrian novelist Hanna Mina. In 2008, the union was mov ...
.
*''Ainsi Parlait San-Antonio'' received a Prix Littéraire
COMAR d'Or
The COMAR d'Or is a series of Tunisian literary prizes created in 1996 by the Compagnie méditerranéenne d'assurances et de réassurances (COMAR), with the support of the Tunisian Ministry of Culture. The first award was given in 1997.
Presen ...
in 1999.
References
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Tunisian novelists
20th-century Tunisian writers
21st-century Tunisian writers
20th-century novelists
21st-century novelists
1954 births
Living people