Ahmed Taib El Alj (9 September 1928 – 1 December 2012) was a Moroccan writer of Moroccan Arabic Zajal poetry and drama. He received several prizes and decorations for his service to Moroccan Arabic language theatre.
Life
El Alj was born in Fes. He wrote more than forty plays and adapted more than thirty works for the stage. According to Salim Jay, the work of al-Aldj is a "treasure of the culture of humanity". He rewrote, in Moroccan Arabic, works by Molière, Shakespeare and Brecht and had a great influence on Moroccan popular culture. His work was markedly influenced by French theater, especially the plays of Molière and Pierre Beaumarchais. He died in Rabat.
Awards and honours
In 1973, he was awarded the prize of Literature of Morocco, and in 1975, the Medal of Intellectual Merit of Syria.
References
- Wazzâni, Hasan al-(ed). Dalîl al-Kuttâb al-Magâriba A`d:â` Ittih: al-Magrib. Rabat: ManshÃ
±rât Ittih:âd Kuttâb al-Magrib, 1993, p. 293
Publications by Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj
- Al-Barnît:a. Rabat: Mat:ba`a al-Ma`ârifa al-Djadîda, 2001.
- Al-Mashrah: ba`ada al-Mut:laq: mumârasât, ishkaliyyât wa tatallu`ât, LAHBABI, Muhammad Aziz ed., Al-Masrah: al-Magribî bayna al-ôams wa-l-yawm. (Moroccan theater yesterday and today) Témara: Bayt ôÃÂl Muh:ammad `Azîz Lah:ababî, 1998, 43-50.
- al-Sa'd. Rabat: al-Djama'iyya al-Magribiyya li-l-Taôlîf wa-l-Tardjama wa-l-Nashr, 1986.
- Al-ôArd wa-l-dhiô âb: masrah:iyya fî qasmayn. Rabat: Wizâra al-ShuôÃ
±n, al-Thaqâfiyya, 1994.
- Binâô al-wat:an. Rabat: Masrah: Muh:ammad al-Jâmis, 1988.
- Du'âô li-l-Quds. Rabat: s.e, 1980.
- YÃ
±hâ wa shadjara al-tufâh. Tánger : Wakâla Shirâôli-l-Jidamât al-`Ilâm wa-l-Ittis:âl, 1997.
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