Aboul-Qacem Echebbi

Abu al -Qasim al- Shabbi (Arabic أبو القاسم الشابي, DMG Abū l - Qāsim aš - sabbi, Abu al -Qasim al - Shabbi; born February 24, 1909 in Tozeur, Tunisia; † October 9, 1934 in Tunis ) was a Tunisian poet; He is widely regarded as the national poet of the country. The last two stanzas of the Tunisian national anthem written by him.

Life and work

Abu al -Qasim al- Shabbi was born in the southern Tunisian oasis town of Tozeur in an educated family of noble origin. His father had studied at al- Azhar University in Cairo and was a judge ( qadi ). Through multiple dislocations of his father the young ash- Shabbi learned early country and its people. His deep understanding and love for the homeland and its people later found expression in his poems.

In October 1920 he began at the venerable ez- Zitouna Madrasa in Tunis with the study of the Koran, religious traditions and mystical poetry, followed by studying Islamic law. In 1928 he received his diploma and 1930 attatoui his right diploma. Already in the same year, when just 21 - year-old, he married; the couple had two sons. His father died in October 1929.

Ash- Schabbis poetic talent showed itself early; at age 14 he wrote his first poems. During his studies, his interest shifted increasingly to modern Arabic and Western poetry. New trends in Arabic poetry from the Middle East and North America fascinated him as well as the European romantics. He frequented litarischen circles, but where he met with his critique of the conventions and traditions of Arabic poetry rejection. As its restrictions, so he sought the society of the Tunisian system and the French colonial regime to break through and demanded social reform, freedom and progress.

Ash- Schabbis poems deal with various topics, from nature to patriotism. His revolutionary ideas have found wide resonance in a later generation of Tunisian and Arab nationalists, and his poems were printed in the most influential journals in the Arab world. ash- Shabbi contributed greatly to the renaissance of Tunisian literature in at a time when other Tunisians social and political renaissance of their society began to lead the way - eg Tahir al - Haddad with the pioneering work on Tunisian women, and Habib Bourguiba with the establishment of its NeoDestour party in the year of death ash- Schabbis. ash- Shabbi broke with traditional forms of Arabic poetry and other Tunisian poets opened the way to a more emotive poetry that helped to pave the way for social awakening and a modern worldview. Many of his poems were set to music and thus became patriotic and folk songs.

Ash- Shabbi published his first poems at the age of 18 years. Even seven years later he succumbed to his long heart condition. He is called "the poet of life", in reference to his most famous collection of poems, "Songs of Life". His portrait can be found on the (old) Tunisian 30 Dinars banknote and since 2014, the new 10- dinar banknotes.

Works

• L' imagination poétique chez les Arabes (1929 )
• La volonté de vivre (1933 )
• Ela Toghat Al Alaam (1934 )
• Les chants de la vie (1955 )
• Journal ( 1965)

Comments

His name is transcribed in many forms, and A. Abou el Kacem Chebbi, Aboul Kacem Chabbi, Aboul- Qacem Echebbi, Abou- Al- kacem Ecebbi, Aboul Kacem Chebbi.