Tahar Bekri


Tahar Bekri is a Paris-based Tunisian poet and literary critic.

Early life

Tahar Bekri was born on July 7, 1951 in Gabès, Tunisia.

Career

Bekri has taught Literature of the Maghreb at Paris 13 University since 1985. He has published several books of literary criticism, including one about Algerian poet Malek Haddad. He defines Maghreb Literature as literary texts published by authors from Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco who use colloquialisms in French, Arabic and Berber.
Bekri has published poetry collections in French and in Arabic.

Works

Poetry collections

Non-fiction