Hédi Bouraoui
Template:Short description Template:BLP sources Hédi André Bouraoui Template:Post-nominals (born July 16, 1932 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a Tunisian/Canadian poet, novelist and academic,<ref>"Hédi Bouraoui, un auteur qui expérimente". Le Métropolitain, April 26, 2019.</ref> who regularly deals with themes involving the transcendence of cultural boundaries.<ref>Touya de Marenne, Éric (2011) "Hédi Bouraoui et les limites de la théorie postcoloniale : approche transpoétique et nomadique," Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 77 : No. 1 , Article 11.</ref>
Bouraoui was educated in France and in the United States, in French, English and American literature. In 1966, he joined the faculty at York University in Toronto, Ontario, where he teaches both French and English literature, specializing in African, Caribbean and franco-ontarian literatures.<ref>Paul-François Sylvestre, "Hédi Bouraoui, membre de l'Ordre du Canada". L'Express, July 3, 2018.</ref> He also launched the Canada-Mediterranean Centre (CMC) at the university.
In May 2003, he was granted an honorary doctorate from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, in recognition of his contributions to Canadian and world literature.<ref name=samoud>Template:Cite web</ref> He has also received a number of literary awards in Canada, France, and Tunisia.
In 2018, he was named a member of the Order of Canada.<ref name=samoud/>
Published works
Novels
- L'Icônaison, 1985 Template:ISBN
- Bangkok Blues, 1994 Template:ISBN
- Retour à Thyna, 1996 Template:ISBN
- La Pharaone, 1998 Template:ISBN
- Ainsi parle la Tour CN, 1999 Template:ISBN
- La Composée, 2001 Template:ISBN
- La Femme d'entre les lignes, 2002 Template:ISBN
- Sept Portes pour une Brûlance, 2005 Template:ISBN
- Puglia à bras ouverts, 2007 Template:ISBN
- Cap Nord, 2008 Template:ISBN
- Les aléas d'une odyssée, 2009 Template:ISBN
- Méditerranée à voile toute, 2010
- Le Conteur, 2012
- La Plantée, 2017
Poetry
- Musocktail, 1966
- Tremblé, 1969
- Eclate-Module, 1972
- Vésuviade, 1976 Template:ISBN
- Haïtuvois, suivi de Antillades, 1980 Template:ISBN
- Tales of Heritage I, 1981 Template:Oclc
- Vers et l'Envers, 1982 Template:ISBN
- Ignescent, 1982 Template:ISBN
- Tales of Heritage II, 1986 Template:Oclc
- Echosmos, 1986 Template:ISBN or Template:ISBN
- Reflet Pluriel, 1986
- Emergent les Branches, 1986
- Arc-en-Terre, 1991 Template:ISBN
- Poésies, 1991
- Emigressence, 1992 Template:ISBN
- Nomadaime, 1995 Template:ISBN
- Transvivance, 1996
- L'Ange perVers, 1998
- Illuminations Autistes, 2003 Template:ISBN
- Struga, suivi de Margelle d'un festival, 2004 Template:ISBN
- Sfaxitude, 2005
- Livr'Errance, 2005
- In-side Faces/ Visages du Dedans, 2008 Template:ISBN
- Adamesques, 2009 Template:ISBN
Essays
- Créaculture I, 1971
- Créaculture II, 1971
- The Canadian Alternative, 1980 Template:ISBN
- Critical Strategy, 1983 Template:ISBN
- La Francophonie à l'Estomac, 1995 Template:ISBN
- La Littérature franco-ontarienne. Etat des lieux, 2000 Template:Issn
- Pierre Léon: Poète de l'Humour, 2003 Template:ISBN
- Transpoétique: Éloge du Nomadisme, 2005 Template:ISBN
- Perspectives sur la littérature franco-ontarienne, 2007
- Vingt-quatre heures en tesselles mosaïcales, 2018
Honours and awards
Honours
- 2019 : Member of the Order of Canada
- 2010 : Honorary citizenship of Acquaviva delle Fonti
- 2004 : Officier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (France)
- 1993 : Medal of the Regional Council of Guadeloupe
Awards
- 2005 : Prize for the best scholarly book, awarded by the Association of French Professors of Canadian Universities and Colleges
- 2000 : Africa Mediterranean / Maghreb Award
- 2000 : Christine Dumitriu Van Saanen Award
- 1999 : Comar d'or
- 1999 : Ontario Award
- 1999 : Jean-Dalba Award
- 1998 : Grand prize of Salon du livre de Toronto
- 1996 : Comar Jury Special Prize
- 1995 : Grand Prix of the city of Sfax
- 1994 : France-Canada Award
Honorary degrees
- 2003 : Laurentian University
- 1993 : Chulalongkorn University
- 1988 : American Academy of Arts and Sciences
References
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- 1932 births
- Canadian literary critics
- Canadian male novelists
- 20th-century Canadian poets
- Canadian male poets
- 21st-century Canadian poets
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Franco-Ontarian people
- Living people
- Members of the Order of Canada
- People from Sfax
- Poets from Toronto
- Laurentian University alumni
- Academic staff of York University
- French-language Canadian poets
- Tunisian emigrants to Canada
- 20th-century Tunisian poets
- Tunisian novelists
- French-language Canadian novelists
- 20th-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- Cornell University alumni
- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- Canadian male non-fiction writers
- 20th-century Tunisian writers
- 21st-century Tunisian writers
- 21st-century Tunisian poets
- Novelists from Toronto