Khalid Lyamlahy

Thrilled to share that my book will be published by @LivUniPress in a month! This has been a long journey that began nearly a decade ago. Deeply grateful to the friends and colleagues who have supported me along the way bit.ly/3FtoHme #NostalgicRebels #Moroccanliterature

Passed away yesterday: Moroccan writer, #lexicographer & translator Abdelghani Abou El Azm. Born in Marrakech (1941). Studied at the Sorbonne. Former active member of the Moroccan far left. Author of the modern Arabic dictionary "Al-Ghani Az-Zahir" & three autobiographical works.

Friends & Colleagues in Brussels: Consider attending this exciting talk on Moroccan journal "Al-Thaqāfa al-Jadīda" (1974–1984) by @ArarouChakib next week at @VUBrussel. Details > clic.research.vub.be/lecture-chakib… #Moroccanliterature #literaryjournals

Forthcoming in April @Georgetown_UP : The English translation by @ErinKTwohig of Algerian writer Maïssa Bey's novel "Bleu blanc vert", first published by @EditionsdelAube in 2006 & republished by @EditionsPoints in 2007. Congratulations Erin! press.georgetown.edu/Book/Blue-Whit… #MaïssaBey

Ravi d'être l'invité du Séminaire Littérature & Sciences Sociales organisé dans le cadre du Programme Afrique de @sciencespo. La rencontre sera animée par @BerthoElara & Thomas Lacroix. RDV le 25 mars à 17h au 9, rue de la Chaise, Paris 7ème @ScPoResearch sciencespo.fr/ceri/en/events…

Delighted to join the editorial board of Francosphères @LivUniPress ! The journal is now sponsored by the Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French & Francophone Studies @FSUartssciences and coedited by Martin Munro and Rebekah Vince #Francosphères #FrancophoneStudies

Forthcoming in April: "The Jewish Maghreb: North African Experiences in Greater Paris since 1981" by Samuel Sami Everett @BerghahnAnthro berghahnbooks.com/title/EverettJ… - Congratulations Sami! #NorthAfricanStudies #JewishStudies #UrbanStudies #Anthropology #MaghrebStudies #Maghreb

"Lyrical and easy to read. But it does pose some disturbing questions, with so many implications for morality and culture both in Europe and beyond" - My novel #VeniceRequiem, tr. by @RosSchwartz, is highly recommended by @M_Star_Online! morningstaronline.co.uk/article/refuge… @hoperoadpublish

Moroccan #artist #AbdallahSadouk passed away on Feb 15 in Paris. Born in Casablanca (1950). Studied at the School of Fine Arts in Tétouan & the Sorbonne. Known as a painter, sculptor, and engraver. Worked with several poets incl. Abdellatif Laâbi in "Petit musée portatif" (2002).

"As always, Ros Schwartz rises to the challenge of providing an elegant translation. #VeniceRequiem was a thought-provoking read that made a great start to my African reading this year" - Another review of my novel, transl. by @RosSchwartz @hoperoadpublish annabookbel.net/two-shorter-re…

Forthcoming in September @BloomsburyBooks: the translation of Guinean writer Williams Sassine's "Wirriyamu" (@PAEditions, 1976), first published as part of the Heinemann African Writers Series in 1980. Tr. by John Reed & Clive Wake. Congrats @raphthierry! bloomsbury.com/uk/wirriyamu-9…

🇵🇸 #Gaza Dominique Eddé, écrire après la catastrophe Dans La Mort est en train de changer, l’essayiste franco-libanaise interroge l’effondrement de l’humanité et esquisse des chemins d’espoir. 👉 orientxxi.info/Dominique-Edde… ✒️ Par Khalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym

Brilliant talk today by Kaiama L. Glover @inthewhirld about #RenéDepestre's novel "Popa Singer" (Zulma, 2016), which she translated (@uvapress, 2024), and the temporal dynamics of his work from historical, biographical & literary perspectives. Thanks @RungooUsha for organizing!

"A beautiful, heartfelt, and heart-wrenching book which shows the utmost respect for its subject and for all African refugees who have lost their lives" - My #novel "Venice Requiem", tr. @RosSchwartz, reviewed in @bookblast @hoperoadpublish bookblast.org/blog/venice-re… #VeniceRequiem

Congratulations to our @RomanceUchicago alumna Chiara Nifosi, Assist. Prof. of French Studies at @ULisboa_, on the publication of her book "L'Écrivain cartographe : pour une nouvelle rhétorique de l'espace chez Proust" @PeterLangGroup peterlang.com/document/14998… #MarcelProust #Proust

Deeply grateful to Michelle Chan Schmidt (@arghpoetica), Senior Assistant Editor at @asymptotejrnl for these generous words. In Nov. 2024, the magazine featured a long excerpt from my #novel "Venice Requiem", tr. @RosSchwartz and published earlier this month by @hoperoadpublish.

Last week, I was in London & Oxford for the launch of #VeniceRequiem, the #translation of my #novel, tr. by @RosSchwartz @hoperoadpublish. Many thanks to @ifru_london @MFOxford @BrickLaneBooks, Veranda Books, L. St Aubin de Terán, J. Hiddleston, R. Vince, @raphthierry & others!

Remembering Khatibi on what would have been his 88th birthday. In 2020, Jane Hiddleston and I wrote this: "Khatibi opens up ideas for discussion, tests the structures we use to create meaning and probes at the seams of philosophical systems" @LivUniPress #AbdelkebirKhatibi

@EsmiliHamza @UWMadison @UoLondon Je ne savais pas ! Paix à son âme.

@khalidlym @UWMadison @UoLondon Mon grand-oncle. Paix à son âme.

Passed away last month: Edris Makward, a pioneering scholar of African literature and Professor Emeritus @UWMadison. Born in 1933 in Banjul. PhD @UoLondon. Never met him but will cherish his signed copy of Khaïr-Eddine's first poetry collection. Obituary: bit.ly/3LWtDTG

Sad to hear about the passing of Lebanese #poet Vénus Khoury-Ghata. In 2017, I reviewed for #ThePoetryReview @PoetrySociety "A Handful of Blue Earth" @PavilionPoetry, trans. by Marilyn Hacker, alongside Abdellatif Laâbi's anthology "In Praise of Defeat" poetrysociety.org.uk/book-review-ki…

Just published by @EditionsBarzakh : "Lire, écrire et traduire Maïssa Bey". Includes contributions from #MaïssaBey’s translators into Arabic, Italian & Swedish, scholars from Algeria, France, and Mauritania, as well as authors and publishers #editionsbarzakh #Algerianliterature