Chraïbi, Driss, 1926-2007

LC control no.	n 84043146
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PQ3989.C5
Personal name heading	Chraïbi, Driss, 1926-2007 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Shraĭbi, Dris, 1926-2007
Associated country	Morocco
Birth date	1926-07-15
Death date	2007-04-01
Place of birth	Casablanca (Morocco)
Place of death	Drôme (France)
Affiliation	National Radio and Television Broadcasting System (Morocco)
Profession or occupation	Novelists Dramatists Television producers and directors
Found in	His The butts, c1983: t.p. (Driss Chraïbi) cover (b. in El Jadida, Morocco) LC data base, 7/27/84: (hdg.: Chraïbi, Driss, 1926- ) Prozhogina, S.V. Dris Shraĭbi, 1986: t.p. (Dris Shraĭbi) Wikipedia WWW site, Apr. 5, 2007 (Driss Chraïbi; b. July 15, 1926, El Jadida; d. Apr. 1, 2007, Drôme, France; Moroccan author) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed June 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Chraïbi, Driss; fiction writer, dramatist, radio / television producer / director; born 15 July, 1926 in Mazagan (present-day el-Jadida), near Casablanca, Morocco; graduated in chemical engineering, Paris (1946-1950), abandoned before receiving doctorate in neuropsychiatry; devoted to literature and journalism (1952); began writing epics to comedy, National Radio and Television Broadcasting System (1954); his first novel toward Islamic traditionalism, Le passȩ simple (The Simple Past) (1955) was banned in Morocco (until 1977), later he disowned the novel (1957); published many novels (1955-1980s); published fictional biography L'homme du livre (The Man of the Book, 1995) about distinction between Islam and Islamic fundamentalism; wrote autobiography Vu, lu, entendu (Seen, Read, Heard) (1998); died 01 April, 2007 in Drôme, France)