Abou el Kacem Chebbi (أبو القاسم الشابي), was born fabruary the 24th 1909 inTOSEUR ( a state ofthe republic oftunisia situated atthe south) and he is dead October the 9th 1934 in TUNIS the capital ofTunisia situated atthe north of the republic. Abou el Kacem Chebbi is a Tunisian poet, he wrote his poems in ARABIC language. and he is concedered as the national poet of Tunisia.
so young, he had travled across tunisia. in 1920 he had entered to the famous and old university called Zitouna. and he knew so difficult life. see that Tunisia at that epoch was colonised by France. in addition of his poetic written, he participate at the manifestations of the anti-zitouniennes which troubles tunis in that time. when finiching his studies, he began meeting the litteratures cercles. and in fabruary the 1st 1929 he give a lecture in KHALDOUNIYA, his lecture is intiteled the poetic imagination in the arabic litterature. in which he had critic the ancient arabic poetic creations. this lecture instead that it had declanched in all the Near -Orient a violant reactions against Abou el Kacem Chebbi , it had participated at the renoveling ofthe arabic poesy.
he was influenced by the litterature courent of the al mahjar المهجر = the immegrant writers. their association is called ARRABITA AL KALAMIYA الرّابطة القلميّة inogurated in new york at USA by the immegrant arabic writers and philosophers, as ghiobran khalil ghibran, michael nouaima, elia abou madi... and he had published his first peoms in the egyption magazine intiteled Apollo, and directed by the egyption writer Abou shady.
so young, he had travled across tunisia. in 1920 he had entered to the famous and old university called Zitouna. and he knew so difficult life. see that Tunisia at that epoch was colonised by France. in addition of his poetic written, he participate at the manifestations of the anti-zitouniennes which troubles tunis in that time. when finiching his studies, he began meeting the litteratures cercles. and in fabruary the 1st 1929 he give a lecture in KHALDOUNIYA, his lecture is intiteled the poetic imagination in the arabic litterature. in which he had critic the ancient arabic poetic creations. this lecture instead that it had declanched in all the Near -Orient a violant reactions against Abou el Kacem Chebbi , it had participated at the renoveling ofthe arabic poesy.
he was influenced by the litterature courent of the al mahjar المهجر = the immegrant writers. their association is called ARRABITA AL KALAMIYA الرّابطة القلميّة inogurated in new york at USA by the immegrant arabic writers and philosophers, as ghiobran khalil ghibran, michael nouaima, elia abou madi... and he had published his first peoms in the egyption magazine intiteled Apollo, and directed by the egyption writer Abou shady.
ghibran nouaima abou madi
his father had die in the same year, and in january 1930 he wanted to publish his lecture, but everytime he versus boycots from persons whom are against his point of view, and this hadconstetute a real failer of Abou el Kacem Chebbi .
from thattime, and due to the failer his health is degrading seriously. and he dead atthe age of 25 years only.
from thattime, and due to the failer his health is degrading seriously. and he dead atthe age of 25 years only.
he had let to us a great Diwan of poems intiteled: AGHANIAL HAYAT أغاني الحياة = songs of life.
photocopy of the poem to the tyran handwritten by echebi the cover ofthe english version of echebi diwan aghani al hayat
he also hadlet to us his lecture المحاضرة , and his letters الرسائل
photocopy of handwritten aletter by echebi
, and his rememberances المذكّرات.
now Abou el Kacem Chebbi is well knowen in the arabic world as well as in other countries, and his poems is so fantastic and all of it is translated in several languages, also some ofhis poems was songed by several artists from all overthe world.
a geant sculpture of echebi on a montain in Tozeur
echebi graveyard in Tozeur
