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Faraj Hawwar

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Faraj Hawwar
Born12 February 1954
Hammam Sousse, Tunisia 
NationalityTunisian
EducationBachelor's of French Language and Literature
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure in Tunisia
Occupations
  • Writer
  • novelist
  • researcher
AwardsAbu Al Qasim Al Shabi Award
Prix Littéraires COMAR D’OR

Faraj Hawwar (Arabic: فرج الحوار) (commonly spelled "Fredj Lahouar") is a Tunisian writer, novelist and researcher born in Hammam Sousse on 12 February 1954.[1] He completed his primary and secondary education in Sousse, as a 1978 alumnus of École Normale Supérieure, Tunisia, majoring in French Language and Literature.[2] He writes in both Arabic and French.[3][4][5]

Career

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Hawwar is a Tunisian novelist and member of the Tunisian Writers Union since 1993.[1] He writes novels in both Arabic and French, and stories and poetry in French.[1] In 1985, he released his first novel Death, the Sea and the Rat (original: Al-mawt wa-al-baḥr wa-al-ǧurad̲),[6] and now has over 16 novels.[2]

Hawwar has written several monographs, including Writers’ Metaphors and Rhetoricians' References (original: Kināyāt al-udabāʼ wa-ishārāt al-bulaghāʼ),[7] The Fragrant Meadows in Al Khatir’s Picnic (original: al-Rawḍ al-ʻāṭir fī nuzʹhat al-khāṭir),[7] Writing Desire (original: kitābat al-raghbah) (a study on Georges Bataille’s works, in French, 2013), and the Dictionary of Tunisian Revolution (in French, 2018).[8] 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).[9]

His doctoral thesis is on the issue of desire in the writings of Georges Bataille[10][11] and he has undertaken extensive research on gender in French and Arab Islamic heritage.[1][10]

Novels

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The following are some of his novels:

  • The Conspiracy (original: al-muʼāmarah), Dar al-Ma'arif, Cairo (1992)[9][12]
  • Explanation of the Facts about Absence and Melancholy (original: at-tabayyān fi'l ghurba w'il ashjān) Dar al-Janub, Tunis 1996 [13][14]
  • Ainsi Parlait San Antonio, L'Or du Temps, Tunis 1998[15][16][17]
  • The Body is a Banquet (original: al-Jasad walīmah), Dar Tabr Al Zaman, Tunisia (1999)[18]
  • La créature des abysses, Editions Saha, Tunis 1999[19][20]
  • Night Rituals (original: Ṭuqūs al-layl), Al-Kamel Verlag, Cologne (2008)[2][21]
  • The Cleansing (original: al-taṭhīr), Dar Zainab Publishing, Tunis (2019)[22][23]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "فرج الحوار | جائزة كتارا للرواية العربية". 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  2. ^ a b c d mominoun. "فرج الحوار: سبيل التسامح الإسلاميّ الخيار العلماني". Mominoun Without Borders (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  3. ^ Habib Salha (2008). Le roman maghrébin de langue française aujourd'hui: rupture et continuité. Faculté des lettres, des arts et des humanité de la Manouba. p. 215. ISBN 978-9973-936-90-5. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. ^ Jean Fontaine (2009). Le roman tunisien a 100 ans, 1906-2006. Arabesques Edition. p. 181. ISBN 978-9973-764-91-1. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  5. ^ "مقاربات في الرّواية والأقصوصة". البيان (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  6. ^ Karaman, Afaf (2020). "The Introductory Structure in the Novel Death, the Sea and the Rat of Fredj Lahoua". Melaf Journal of Research and Studies. 6 (1): 29–31.
  7. ^ a b "الحوار، فرج ، 1954‒ Library of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies". alkindi.ideo-cairo.org. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  8. ^ Fredj Lahouar (2018). Il était une fois...: roman-dictionnaire encyclopédique raisonné de la révolution. Arabesques.
  9. ^ a b editorial (5 April 2020). "The novel "The Conspiracy" by Tunisian writer Faraj Al-Hawar ... the human being is neither an angel nor a demon!". Temmuz. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  10. ^ a b العربي, Arab World Books منتدى الكتاب. "| منتدى الكتاب العربي". www.arabworldbooks.com. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  11. ^ "SUDOC". sudoc.abes.fr. ABES/SUDOC. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  12. ^ Oueslati, Bashir (1994). "Indications of Renewal in "The Conspiracy"" (PDF). Al-Adab. 42 (3): 74–83. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  13. ^ Riahi, Kamal (5 January 2014). "The Tunisian Novel and Empiricism". Al-Jazeera. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  14. ^ Ruwainah, Tahir. "About the Novel "Explanation of the Facts about Absence and Melancholy" by Fredj Lahouar". thakafamag.com. Thaqafa Magazine. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  15. ^ Bouraoui, Hédi (1999). "Fredj Lahouar. Ainsi parfait San-Antonio". LittéRéalité. 11 (1): 116–117. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  16. ^ Mansour M'Henni (2002). De la transmutation littéraire au Maghreb. l'Or du temps. pp. 153–164. ISBN 978-9973-757-91-3. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  17. ^ Institut des belles lettres arabes: IBLA. Institut des belles lettres arabes. 2000. p. 213. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  18. ^ Ruwainah, Tahir (2005). "Values of transgression and poetics of violation in the fictional writing of Faraj al-Hawar". Semiotics (مجلة سيميائيات). 1 (1): 81–89. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  19. ^ Elloumi, Wafa. "Rêve, fantasme, quête d'identité dans La Créature des Abysses de Fredj Lahouar". books.openedition.org. Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  20. ^ Elloumi, Wafa. "Charme et séduction dans La Créature des Abysses de Fredj Lahouar". books.openedition.org. Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  21. ^ Bennaya, Salima (2017). "The reproduction of characters in the novels of Fredj Lahouar: "The Night Rituals" and "Night Rituals: The Second Generation" as models". Apuleius. 4 (2): 19–35. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  22. ^ دغرير, عمر (2020-09-24). ""التطهير" رواية للدكتور والكاتب فرج الحوار".
  23. ^ a b Al-Albras, Mohammed. "The Hundred Best Arab Novels of the Twentieth Century". arageek.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  24. ^ Ben Fadila, Habib (25 May 2017). "حدّثني الفينيق... لفرج الحوار: ما بين الكفر بالحيف والإيمان بأساس العمران دروب شتّى". Al Maghreb. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  25. ^ "أفضل الروايات العربية على الإطلاق.. استمتع بقرائتها". www.sayidy.net (in Arabic). 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  26. ^ Mansour, Ahmad (14 January 2021). "The Arab Writers Union announces a list of the 100 best Arab Novels of the 20th century". اليوم السابع. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  27. ^ Khemiri, Moncef. "Prix littéraires et promotion du Livre en Tunisie: Le Comar D'or ou La Fête du Roman tunisien". limag.com. Littératures du Maghreb. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
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