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Rue du Retour
His magisterial prose and poetry have won Abdellatif Laâbi successively France’s Prix Goncourt and the Grand Prix de la Francophonie from the Académie Française. Rue du Retour brings to the English reader the full drama and intensity of the poet’s thought and words in this account of his return to life and hope after torture and then more than eight years in a Moroccan prison. He now lives in exile in Paris, but is honoured in his home country of Morocco, in
France and throughout the Maghreb as a towering literary figure —combining poetry, politics, translation, fostering creativity and younger talents male and female, in Arabic and in French.
France and throughout the Maghreb as a towering literary figure —combining poetry, politics, translation, fostering creativity and younger talents male and female, in Arabic and in French.
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180 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1989
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Abdellatif Laâbi
115 books60 followersArabic: عبد اللطيف اللعبي
Abdellatif Laâbi is a Moroccan poet, born in 1942 in Fes, Morocco.
Laâbi, then teaching French, founded with other poets the artistic journal Souffles, an important literary review in 1966. It was considered as a meeting point of some poets who felt the emergency of a poetic stand and revival, but which, very quickly, crystallized all Moroccan creative energies: painters, film-makers, men of theatre, researchers and thinkers. It was banned in 1972, but throughout its short life, it opened up to cultures from other countries of the Maghreb and those of the Third World.
Abdellatif Laâbi was imprisoned, tortured and sentenced to ten years in prison for "crimes of opinion" (for his political beliefs and his writings) and served a sentence from 1972-1980. He was, in 1985, forced into exile in France.[2]
Abdellatif Laâbi is a Moroccan poet, born in 1942 in Fes, Morocco.
Laâbi, then teaching French, founded with other poets the artistic journal Souffles, an important literary review in 1966. It was considered as a meeting point of some poets who felt the emergency of a poetic stand and revival, but which, very quickly, crystallized all Moroccan creative energies: painters, film-makers, men of theatre, researchers and thinkers. It was banned in 1972, but throughout its short life, it opened up to cultures from other countries of the Maghreb and those of the Third World.
Abdellatif Laâbi was imprisoned, tortured and sentenced to ten years in prison for "crimes of opinion" (for his political beliefs and his writings) and served a sentence from 1972-1980. He was, in 1985, forced into exile in France.[2]
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January 11, 2015
As Laâbi is mostly a poet, it is not surprising that I found parts of his writing style poetic. Not only does he touch on his imprisonment & torture for "crimes of opinion" (in Morocco), he also identifies worldwide with other political prisoners -- past, present, & future. Much of the book centers on the sensations of readjusting to the outside world after being released. A strong & touching book.
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