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Mohamed Zafzaf was born on 1945 in Morocco, is a Moroccan novelist and poet (1945–2001). Discover Mohamed Zafzaf's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?

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1960

Zafzaf began his literary career in the 1960s as a poet, publishing his first poem in 1962.

1963

His field of work soon began to expand to short stories and novels as well, his first short story being published in 1963.

Zafzaf had his early short stories published in important Middle Eastern literary magazines, in countries such as Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt, which gained him a reputation as a writer across the wider Arab region.

1968

Zafzaf joined the Writers' Union of Morocco in July 1968 and began publishing his own independent works in the early 70s.

1970

In 1970 he published his first collection of short stories and in 1972 his first novel, which was critically acclaimed by Arab literary critics.

When his novel The Woman and the Rose was translated into Spanish, King Juan Carlos I sent him a congratulations letter.

Mohamed Zafzaf kept this letter on the wall of his house.

Zafzaf was known for his bohemian style, and his ever-present long hair and grown beard earned him the title of the "Moroccan Dostoyevsky".

He was a vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause and could often be seen wearing a Palestinian-style Kuffiya.

2001

Mohamed Zafzaf (Arabic: محمد زفزاف; 1945 – 13 July 2001) was a Morrocan Arabic-language novelist and poet.

He played a pivotal role in the development of Moroccan literature in the second half of the 20th century and, due to his contributions, came to be known by such titles as "the godfather of Moroccan literature", "the Moroccan Tolstoy", "the Moroccan Dostoyevsky" and as "our great author" among his Moroccan peers.

Mohamed Zafzaf, or Zefzaf, was born in Souk Larbaa El Gharb.

He experienced hardship in his early life, his father having died when he was only five years old.

He studied philosophy at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences at Mohammed V University in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, and after graduation began working as an Arabic teacher in a junior high school in Kenitra, later on working as a librarian at the school library.

He later left this job and moved to Casablanca, where he began to live a bohemian lifestyle and work as an author.

There he became friendly with fellow Moroccan authors Driss El Khouri and Mohamed Choukri.

He died in July 2001 at the age of 58 after a battle with cancer.

The prestigious Mohamed Zafzaf Prize for Arabic Literature was named in his honor.

2002

Since 2002, it is awarded once every three years at the International Cultural Festival in Asilah to authors of Arabic literature from around the Arab world who exhibit innovation in their literary work.