Mohamed Sghaïer Ouled Ahmad

Hager Ben Driss (University of Tunis)

Ed. by Anastasia Valassopoulos, University of Manchester
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 8.1.1: North African Writing and Culture: Arabic, Anglophone, Francophone, Hispanic.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Lia Brozgal (University of California, Los Angeles), Helen Rachel Cousins (Birmingham Newman University), Ziad Elmarsafy (King's College London), Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Dalia Mostafa (University of Manchester), Nora Parr (SOAS, University of London), Rita Sakr (Maynooth University)

Dates

Born 4 Apr 1955
Died 5 Apr 2016
Activity 1981-2016

Places

Born in Tunisia
Active in Tunisia

Cultural Identities

North African/ Maghrebian French

Activities

Primary

Poet

Resources

Ahmed's Works

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Sghaier Ouled Ahmed's poetry is a lifelong/lovelong hymn to Tunisia. Commonly called "Tunisia's poet", he bestowed upon himself the title of "the poetic leader of the revolution". Alone, in a small room he named "the Poetic Headquarters of the Tunisian Revolution", or as he suggests "the Tunisian Headquarters of the Poetic Revolution" (

Al-Qiyada al-Shi'riyya

[The Poetic Leadership] 23) , Ouled Ahmed created a virtual space of both poetry and dissent. This started on December 17, 2010, the day Mohamed Bouazizi immolated himself, launching thus the first sparkle of the Revolution, and continued until the poet's death on April 5, 2016. In

Al-Qiyada al-Shi'riyyali al-thawra al-Tunusiyya: Yawmiyyat

[The Poetic Leadership of the Tunisian Revolution: A Diary] (2013), a volume collecting all…

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Citation: Ben Driss, Hager. "Mohamed Sghaïer Ouled Ahmad". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 October 2016 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13853, accessed 24 November 2024.]