Abdelkrim Ghallab

Who was Abdelkrim Ghallab?

Abdelkrim Ghallab is a Moroccan political journalist, cultural commentator, and novelist. He is an important figure both in the literary and political field. He studied both at the University of Al-Karaouine in Fez and at the University of Cairo, where he took his M.A. in Arabic literature. He is the author of five novels and three collections of short stories. His best known novel is Dafann al-m'd, 1966. According to Simon Gikandi his Arabic style is known for its "graceful and at times scholarly classicism".

In 2000, the union of Arab writers in Egypt included his novel Al-Mu`alîm `Ali among the hundred best Arabic novels in history. In 2001, the Moroccan department of Culture published the complete works of Ghallab in five volumes. In 2004 he was awarded the Maghreb Culture prize of Tunis. His work has been translated in many languages.