Bahaa Trabelsi
Bahaa trabelsi in 2019
Born1966
Rabat, Morocco
NationalityMoroccan
Alma materAix-Marseille University
Occupations
  • Author
  • journalist
  • screenwriter

Bahaa Trabelsi (born 1966) is a Moroccan novelist,[1][2] journalist and screenwriter.

Trabelsi was born in Rabat Morocco and went to secondary french school in Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca). Trabelsi left Morocco at the age of 18 for Grenoble to study Economics. Thereafter her graduation in economic studies (PhD) from the university of Aix en Provence she returned to Morocco to work in a governemental agency for three years.

Trabelsi turned to journalism and worked for several Moroccan newspapers and magazines and became editor-in-chief of the Moroccan magazine "Masculin".

Bahaa Trabelsi is a prominent member of an AIDS association, an active member of civil society a feminist and has participated in the creation of several associations, including Women and Development.[3]

She is the author of seven successful novels Une femme tout simplement (1995). Une Vie à trois (2000). Slim (2005). Parlez-moi d'amour! (2014). La chaise du concierge (2017). Souviens toi qui tu es (2019).Dialogue joyeux avec un mort (2022).


In 2014, Bahaa Trabelsi received the Ivoire Literary Award, for her novel Parlez-moi d'amour!.[4]

In 2017, The Keeper's Chair, her fifth novel, won the 2017 Sofitel Literary Award.[5]

In 2018, the novel La Chaise du Concierge is translated into Italian by Editions Le Assassine in Italy.[6]

In 2022, Bahaa Trabelsi was appointed president of the Moroccan Film Center's national film production fund commission.[7]

Books

  • A woman simply (Une Femme tout simplement), 1995.[8]
  • A three life (Une vie à trois), 1999.[9]
  • Slim, women and death (Slim, les femmes et la mort), 2005[8].
  • Parlez-moi d'Amour !, 2014.
  • The keeper's chair (La Chaise du concierge), 2017.
  • Remember who you are (Souviens-toi qui tu es), 2019.
  • Joyful dialogue with a dead man (Dialogue joyeux avec un mort), 2022.

References

  1. ↑ Susanne Heiler, Der maghrebinische Roman: Eine Einführung, 2005, p. 184
  2. ↑ ʻĀshūr, Raḍwá; Ghazoul, Ferial Jabouri; Reda-Mekdashi, Hasna; Mandy McClure (1 January 2008). Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999. American Univ in Cairo Press. pp. 330–. ISBN 978-977-416-146-9.
  3. ↑ MEDI 1 TV - 26 minutes with Bahaa Trabelsi
  4. ↑ The Prix Ivoire is awarded to Parlez-moi d'amour
  5. ↑ Keeper's chair wins the Sofitel Literary award
  6. ↑ Edizioni le assassine : Autore
  7. ↑ Moroccan Film Center: Commission members list
  8. 1 2 Boutkhil, Soumia (2016-01-01). "In their front yard: deconstructing masculinities in Bahaa Trabelsi's novels". The Journal of North African Studies. 21 (1): 81–89. doi:10.1080/13629387.2015.1084772. ISSN 1362-9387. S2CID 147271334.
  9. ↑ Trabelsi, Bahaa (2003). Une vie à trois: Roman. ISBN 9981896330.


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