Faraj Hawwar () (commonly spelled "Fredj Lahouar") is a Tunisian writer, novelist and researcher born in Hammam Sousse on 12 February 1954. He completed his primary and secondary education in Sousse, as a 1978 alumnus of ÃÂcole Normale Supérieure, Tunisia, majoring in French Language and Literature. He writes in both Arabic and French.
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-çuradò), and now has over 16 novels.
Hawwar has written several monographs, including Writersâ Metaphors and Rhetoricians' References (original: KinÃÂyÃÂt al-udabÃÂü wa-ishÃÂrÃÂt al-bulaghÃÂü), The Fragrant Meadows in Al KhatirâÂÂs Picnic (original: al-RawḠal-ûÃÂá¹Âir fë nuzùhat al-khÃÂá¹Âir), Writing Desire (original: kitÃÂbat al-raghbah) (a study on Georges BatailleâÂÂs 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.
The following are some of his novels: