About Hafid Bouazza
Lived 1970 – 2021 (aged 51). Hafid Bouazza was a Dutch and Moroccan writer, performing artist, playwright and translator.
Hafid Bouazza (, ḥafīẓ būʿazza; 8 March 1970 – 29 April 2021) was a Moroccan-Dutch writer.
Born in Oujda, Morocco, Bouazza came to the Netherlands in October 1977 as a seven-year-old boy. He lived with his parents in the village Arkel, near Gorinchem, until he went to study Arabic language and literature at the University of Amsterdam. Later works include Momo and Solomon, in 2001 Een beer in bontjas ("A bear in a fur coat"); the play adaptions Apollien, De slachting in Parijs ("The massacre in Paris") and Othello; and Het monster met de twee ruggen : een kameropera ("The beast with two backs: a libretto"). Bouazza gave the 2002 Mosse Lecture, titled Homoseksualiteit en Islam (Homosexuality and Islam). His 2004 novel Paravion won the 2004 Golden Book-Owl prize. In 2014, the Dutch freethinkers association De Vrije Gedachte honoured him with the title of "Freethinker of the Year".
Works 1996 De voeten van Abdullah (The feet of Abdullah) 1998 Momo (Momo) 1998 Apollien (Apollien) 2000 Schoon in elk oog is wat het bemint (Beauty in each eye is what it loves) 2001 Een beer in bontjas: autobiografische beschouwingen (A bear in a fur coat: autobiographical considerations) 2001 De slachting in Parijs (The massacre in Paris) 2001 Salomon (Salomon) 2002 Rond voor rond of als een pikhouweel (Round for round or as a pickaxe) 2003 Othello (Othello) 2003 Het monster met de twee ruggen : een kameropera (The beast with two backs: a libretto) 2003 Paravion (Paravion) 2005 Het temmen van een feeks (The taming of the Shrew) 2006 De zon kussen op dit nachtuur (Kissing the sun at this hour of the night) 2006 De vierde gongslag (The fourth beat of the gong) 2006 Om wat er nog komen moet : pornografica (Because of what's to come: pornographics) 2009 Spotvogel (Hippolais) 2014 Meriswin
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Who was Hafid Bouazza?
Moroccan-Dutch writer
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Hafid Bouazza was born on 8 March 1970 in Oujda, Netherlands.
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Hafid Bouazza died on 29 April 2021 in Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis.
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Hafid Bouazza was a writer, performing artist, playwright and translator.
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Hafid Bouazza was Dutch and Moroccan.
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