Youssef Rzouga

Youssef Rzouga
Born (1957-03-21) March 21, 1957 (age 67)
Zorda, Tunisia
OccupationPoet, writer, journalist
LanguageArabic, French
NationalityTunisian
Alma materFaculty of Letters and Human Sciences of Tunis, Institut de presse et des sciences de l'information
Period1973–present
GenrePoetry, prose
Notable worksI'm distinguished from you by my grievances, The program of the Rose, The Wolf in the Word
Notable awards
  • Tunisian Ministry of Culture Award (1981, 1986, 1999)
  • National Merit Award in the Cultural Field (2000)
  • Aboulkacem Chebbi Prize (2003)
  • King Abdallah II’s Creativity Prize (2004)

Youssef Rzouga is a Tunisian writer and poet,[1] born on March 21, 1957[2] in Zorda, Tunisia. He began writing in 1967. His first published text was "Something called need," a short story in the magazine Radio et Télévision (1973).[3]

  1. ^ "Youssef Rzouga | The Short Story Project". shortstoryproject.com. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ^ Fontaine, Jean (1999). Histoire de la littérature tunisienne. Cérès. pp. 168–. ISBN 978-9973-19-405-3. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  3. ^ Hernández, Nidia (18 May 2022). "Youssef Rzouga". LAMAJADESNUDA.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2022.