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Kilito, Abdelfattah



Ji-Elle: Abdelfattah Kilito (2010)

Abdelfattah Kilito
(1945- )


Abdelfattah Kilito is a Moroccan 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. 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).


Select Bibliography:


  1. L’oeil et l’aiguille : Essai sur “les mille et une nuits.” Textes à l’appui: série islam et société. Paris: Editions la Découverte, 1992.

  2. Les arabes et l'art du récit : Une étrange familiarité. Paris: Editions Sindbad-Actes Sud, 2009.


Biography & Secondary Literature:

Anoun, Abdelhaq. Abdelfattah Kilito : Les origines culturelles d'un roman maghrébin. Collection Critiques Littéraires. Paris: Harmattan, 2004


Homepages & Online Information:

Wikipedia entry




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