Abdelfattah Kilito (Arabic: عبد الفتاح كيليطو; born 10 April 1945, in Rabat) is a Moroccan literary scholar and writer. He is the author of several books in Arabic and in French. He has also written articles for magazines such as Poétique and Studia Islamica.[1] Some of the awards Kilito has won are the Great Moroccan Award (1989), the Atlas Award (1996), the French Academy Award (le prix du Rayonnement de la langue française) (1996) and Sultan Al Owais Prize for Criticism and Literature Studies (2006).
Abdelfattah Kilito
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عبد الفتاح كيليطو
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Born | (1945-04-10) April 10, 1945 (age 79) Rabat, Morocco |
Occupation | Writer |
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Notable awards | Al Owais Award 2006–2007 |
Kilito was born in 1945 in Rabat, Morocco.[2] He was raised in the medina of Rabat. Apart from his native Moroccan Arabic, Kilito learned French from the age of six.[3] He also studied German and was trained as a scholar of classical Arabic literature in the Faculty of Literature at the Mohammed V University,[4] where he later became professor.[5]
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: CS1 maint: others (link)Year | Award | For | Reference |
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2023 | King Faisal Prize for Arabic Language and Literature | classical Arabic narrative and modern theories | [6] |
2006-7 | Al Owais Award | Criticism & Literature Studies | [7] |
1996 | French Academy Award | [8] | |
1989 | Great Moroccan Award | [8] |
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