Abdellatif Laâbi is the author of several poetry collections, as well as novels, plays, essays, and translations from Arabic. A critic of conditions in Morocco, he founded the journal Souffles, which became the catalyst for his arrest and imprisonment in 1972 for “crimes of opinion.” One of only two of his books to be translated into English, his Rue du retour (1989) tells the story of his time in prison. As a result of a campaign by fifty European and African writers, Laâbi was released in 1980 and lives in Paris.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Reader in a Rush, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2015–2016