Hédi Bouraoui
Tunisian-Canadian writer (born 1932)
Hédi André 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.
In 2018, he was named a member of the Order of Canada.
Published works
Novels
L'Icônaison, 1985 ISBN 2-89040-352-1
Bangkok Blues, 1994 ISBN 1-895873-08-8
Retour à Thyna, 1996 ISBN 9973-757-26-2
La Pharaone, 1998 ISBN 9973-757-04-1
Ainsi parle la Tour CN, 1999 ISBN 2-921463-23-7
La Composée, 2001 ISBN 2-921463-28-8
La Femme d'entre les lignes, 2002 ISBN 0-921916-70-1
Sept Portes pour une Brûlance, 2005 ISBN 978-1-897058-10-7
Puglia à bras ouverts, 2007 ISBN 978-2-9809692-4-9
Cap Nord, 2008 ISBN 978-1-897058-73-2
Les aléas d'une odyssée, 2009 ISBN 978-1-897058-88-6
Méditerranée à voile toute, 2010
Le Conteur, 2012
La Plantée, 2017
Poetry
Musocktail, 1966
Tremblé, 1969
Eclate-Module, 1972
Vésuviade, 1976 ISBN 2-243-00261-2
Haïtuvois, suivi de Antillades, 1980 ISBN 2-89017-011-X
Tales of Heritage I, 1981 OCLC 8605360
Vers et l'Envers, 1982 ISBN 0-920802-44-3
Ignescent, 1982 ISBN 2-903871-05-1
Tales of Heritage II, 1986 OCLC 16049685
Echosmos, 1986 ISBN 0-9691270-2-2 or ISBN 0-9691270-3-0
Reflet Pluriel, 1986
Emergent les Branches, 1986
Arc-en-Terre, 1991 ISBN 1-895667-00-3
Poésies, 1991
Emigressence, 1992 ISBN 0-919925-83-9
Nomadaime, 1995 ISBN 0-921916-52-3
Transvivance, 1996
L'Ange perVers, 1998
Illuminations Autistes, 2003 ISBN 9973-51-018-6
Struga, suivi de Margelle d'un festival, 2004 ISBN 2-923153-09-X
Sfaxitude, 2005
Livr'Errance, 2005
In-side Faces/ Visages du Dedans, 2008 ISBN 978-2-9809692-6-3
Adamesques, 2009 ISBN 978-2-915235-59-3
Essays
Créaculture I, 1971
Créaculture II, 1971
The Canadian Alternative, 1980 ISBN 0-920802-16-8
Critical Strategy, 1983 ISBN 0-920802-60-5
La Francophonie à l'Estomac, 1995 ISBN 2-87931-047-4
La Littérature franco-ontarienne.
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