Driss Chraïbi

Driss Chraïbi ( born July 15, 1926 in El Jadida, † April 1, 2007 Crest, Rhône- Alpes) was a French- Moroccan writer.

Life

Chraïbi grew up as the son of a tea merchant on in a middle class family, who allowed him a broad education in Casablanca. According to the Koran school and high school at a French high school in 1945 he went to Paris to study chemistry and neuropsychiatry. In 1952 he abandoned his studies and turned away from the natural sciences, from, to devote himself entirely to writing, first as an editor and journalist. He made ​​numerous trips and worked in various professions: as a chemist, engineer, night watchman, photographer and Arabic teachers.

1954 his first novel was published Le passé simple, which caused a scandal in Morocco provoked a settlement with the traditional Moroccan society and remained there until 1977 prohibited. In his 1955 novel The subsequent scapegoats he processed the experience that even the strange, the French company did not allow escape into another form of civilization. His novel The civilization, mother, published in 1972, is considered one of the most original works in the Maghreb literature.

In the murder mystery novel investigations within the country from 1981 Chraïbi invented the Inspector Ali, one of his favorite fictional characters. This living in Casablanca police detective found not only in the mountains of Morocco, but also in the UK ( Inspector Ali at Trinity College, 1995), the USA (L' Inspecteur Ali et la CIA) and Afghanistan (L' homme qui you venait passé, 2004).

Chraïbi has also written radio plays, including adaptations of Hemingway's works.

Works

Novels

• Le passé simple (1954 )
• Les Boucs ( 1955 German The scapegoats 1994), ISBN 3-927069-24-8
• De tous les horizons (1958 )
• La foule (1961 )
• Succession ouverte (1962 )
• L' âne (1965 )
• Un ami vous voir viendra (1967 )
• La civilization ma mère! (1972, dt 1982: Civilization, Mother Unions, Zurich or This civilization, mother Reclam, Leipzig! ), ISBN 3-293-20029- X
• Mort au Canada (1977 )
• Une enquête au pays (1981; German investigations in the interior, 1992), ISBN 3-85787-626-3
• La mère du printemps (1982 )
• Naissance à l' aube (1986 )
• D' autres voix (1986 )
• L' Inspecteur Ali (1991 )
• Les aventures de l' âne Khal (1992 )
• Une place au soleil (1993 )
• L' homme du livre (1995 )
• L' Inspecteur Ali à Trinity College ( 1996; German inspector Ali in Trinity College, 1998), ISBN 3-293-20226-8
• L' Inspecteur Ali et la CIA (1998)
• L' homme qui venait du passé (2004)

Memoirs

• Vu, lu, entendu (1998)
• Le Monde à côté (2001)

Secondary literature

• Eva Silk Thread: A critical mediator between two cultures: the Moroccan writer Driss Chraïbi and his narrative work. Romani Phonetic Verlag, Bonn 1991, ISBN 3-924888-69-8
• Ulrich Döring: track search. Culture and cultural identity in Driss Chraibis Berber trilogy. Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2003, ISBN 978-3-631-51514-3
• Khalid Duran: epilogue. In Driss Chraïbi: Civilization, Mother! Union, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-293-20463-8 (p. 177-188 )
• Hartmut Fähndrich: epilogue. In Driss Chraïbi: investigations in the interior. Novel from Morocco. Lenos, Basel 2010, ISBN 978-3-85787-737-7 ( The epilogue in all Leno's spending since 1992)
• Houaria Kadra - Hadjadji: Contestation révolte et dans l'oeuvre de Driss Chraïbi. Publisud, Paris 1986 ISBN 2866002547