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Modern Tunisian Literature

4 EDITORIAL 6 Adonis – Poems from “Printer of the Planets’ Books”,

translated by Khaled Mattawa 14 Fadhil al-Azzawi – From the novel The Traveller and the

Innkeeper, translated by William M. Hutchins 23 Rafik Schami – An excerpt from the novel The

Calligrapher’s Secret, translated by Anthea Bell 28 Omar Sabbagh – Poems 31 Mekkawi Said – My Father’s White Shawl, a short story,

translated by Leri Price MODERN TUNISIAN LITERATURE 40 Hassouna Mosbahi – Outstanding Figures in 20th Century

Tunisian Culture 44 Abu al-Qassim al-Shabi 1909–1934 – Portrait 46 The Taht Essour Literary Group 48 Habib Selmi, Excerpt from the novel The Women’s

Orchards, translated by Maia Tabet 60 Amel Moussa – Poems, translated by Khaled al-Masri 64 Rachida el-Charni – The Way to Poppy Street, a short story, translated by Piers Amodia 68 Moncef Ouahibi – Poems, translated by Sinan Antoon 74 Walid Soliman – Einstein’s Last Hour, a short story translated by Jayson Casper 80 Samir Ayadi 1947–2008 – Portrait 82 Noura Bensaad – A chapter from the novel When Birds

Dream, translated by Lulu Norman 87 Mansour M’henni – Selected Poems, translated by

Keith Bosley 92 Hassouna Mosbahi – The Ashes of Life, an excerpt from the novel, translated by Leri Price 100 Ezzedine Madani – Portrait 102 Amina Saïd – Two Poems, translated by Marilyn Hacker 106 Mohamed Ghozzi – Selected Poems, translated by Issa

J Boullata 111 Faouzia Aloui – A Living Corpse, a short story translated by Ghenwa Hayek 118 Salah Eddine Boujah – Portrait 119 Saleh al-Dames – The Blacktop Bar, a short story

2 BANIPAL 39 – TUNISIAN LITERATURE