Abdallah Guennoun

Guennoun (standing) during a banquet in Tangier, April 1957, next to Habib Bourguiba (with bow tie) and Allal al-Fassi (with fez)

Abdallah Guennoun (Born 16 September 1908 in Fes - died 9 July 1989 in Tangier) was a famous, and influential Moroccan essayist.[1] In 1927 and 1928, he wrote a three-volume book titled An Nubûgh Al Maghribi ("The genius of Maghreb"), where he assesses the excellence of Moroccan literature and philosophy.

Guennoun taught at the universities of Cairo, Damascus, Baghdad, and Amman.

On Guennoun

  • CHAYBI, Ahmed. Al-Dirâsa al `adabiyya fî al-Magrib: Al-ustâdh `Abd`allâh Kanűn numudhadj,

Tánger: Madrasa al-Malik Fahd al-Uliyâ li-l-Tardjuma, 1991.

  • HABABI, Fatima al-Djamiya al. Abd allâh Kanűn, Mohammedia: Mat:ba`a Fadhâla, 1991.

Abstract: Abdallah Guennun. Estudio biográfico y literario.

  • HABABI, Fatima al-Djamiya al. Abd allâh Kanűn, Casablanca: Mu`asasas Űnâ, 1997.

Notes

  1. ↑ Literatura Marroqui (retrieved Feb. 13, 2009)

References

  • Memoirs of important Men of Morocco: Ibn Battuta, Rabat:Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, 1996
  • Dhikrayat Mashahir Rijal al-Maghrib: Ahmad Zarruq, 1954
  • Mohammed Tozy, Zakya Daoud, Abdallah Guennoun ou le dernier des Lettrés. LAMALIF (188), 1987:05, 13-16
  • Rom Landau, Portrait of Tangier, ed. Hale, 1952, chapter 30: "Guennoun"
  • Afrique info (in French) (retrieved Feb. 13, 2009)
  • Tangier.free.fr (in French) (retrieved Feb. 13, 2009)


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