Sheikh Zayed Book Award
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Edition 14 (2020) Winner
Moncef Ouahibi
モンセフ・ウハイビ
Moncef Ouahibi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1949-12-20 （Hajeb El Ayoun, Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia）
- Nationality
- Tunisia
- Languages
- Arabic, French
- Residence History
- Kairouan, Tunisia → Porto, Portugal
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Writer, Academic, University lecturer
- Active Years
- 1970-
- Affiliations
- University of Kairouan (lecturer), University of Sousse (lecturer), Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Literature and Arts - Beit Al-Hikma, Ataba Cultural (Porto, Portugal)
- Memberships
- Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Literature and Arts - Beit Al-Hikma
- Influenced By
- Adonis (poet), Abu Tammam (classical poet, subject of study)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manouba University | — | Faculty/Department of Arts and Comparative Literature | PhD | — | Tunisia |
Manouba University
Faculty/Department of Arts and Comparative Literature
Degree:
PhD
Country:
Tunisia
PhD thesis on "The poetry industry of Abu Tammam and its components: in reading ancient and poetic text." Master's thesis on "The visible body and the imagined body in the poetry of Adonis."
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Aboul-Qacem Echebbi Prize for Poetry | — | 詩 | — | 受賞 |
| 2012 | COMAR d'Or | — | — | COMAR | 受賞 |
| 2014 | 'Akaaz Poetry Prize | — | 詩 | — | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Foundation of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain's Prize for Poetic Creativity (Babtain Poetry Prize) | — | 詩 | Foundation of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Sheikh Zayed Book Award | — | — | Sheikh Zayed Book Award | 受賞 |
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi Prize for Poetry
1999
Category:
詩
Result:
受賞
COMAR d'Or
2012
Organization:
COMAR
Result:
受賞
'Akaaz Poetry Prize
2014
Category:
詩
Result:
受賞
Foundation of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain's Prize for Poetic Creativity (Babtain Poetry Prize)
2014
Category:
詩
Organization:
Foundation of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain
Result:
受賞
Sheikh Zayed Book Award
2020
Organization:
Sheikh Zayed Book Award
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Adaptations
- Oh A Country Like Me (documentary screenplay)
- Waiting for Ibn Rushd (co-written screenplay)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyric and symbolic expressionpoetry engaging political and social themes with scholarly approach
- Recurring Motifs
- memoryhomeland (Kairouan)intersection of religion and culture
Legacy
Moncef Ouahibi is one of Tunisia's notable poets and academics, active in Arabic poetry research, translation, and film scriptwriting. He has won multiple international literary awards and contributed to bringing Arabic poetry to international audiences.
Academic Societies
- Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Literature and Arts - Beit Al-Hikma
Archives
- Alawan (online archive)
- University of Kairouan archives
In Popular Culture
- Participation in screenplays for the films 'Oh A Country Like Me' and 'Waiting for Ibn Rushd'
Trivia
- Selected poems have been translated into French, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Swedish.
- Serves as director of the cultural association Ataba Cultural in Porto, Portugal.
- Actively involved in poetry translation, including collaborative translations (e.g. with Rosa Alice Branco).