Hédi Bouraoui

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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

Poetry

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

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

References

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