Hédi Bouraoui

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Hédi Bouraoui (born July 16, 1932 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a Tunisian/Canadian poet, novelist and academic, who regularly deals with themes involving the transcendence of cultural boundaries.

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. 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. He has also received a number of literary awards in Canada, France, and Tunisia.

Contents

[edit] Books by Hédi Bouraoui

[edit] Novels

[edit] Poetry

[edit] Essays

  • Créaculture I, 1971
  • Créaculture II, 1971
  • The Canadian Alternative, 1980 ISBN 0920802168
  • Critical Strategy, 1983 ISBN 0920802605
  • La Francophonie à l'Estomac, 1995 ISBN 2879310474
  • La Littérature franco-ontarienne. Etat des lieux, 2000 ISBN 11988282
  • Pierre Léon: Poète de l'Humour, 2003 ISBN 1894547772
  • Transpoétique: Éloge du Nomadisme, 2005 ISBN 2923153391
  • Perspectives sur la littérature franco-ontarienne, 2007

[edit] References

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