Every day that passes without being voiced
is a branch broken off your tree of life.
~ Abdellatif Laabi
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* Quoted from Le Chemin des ordalies (1982)
Abellatif Laabi, Moroccan Poet, Novelist, Translator, and Playwright; Founder of Literary Magazine Souffles; Recipient, Prix Goncourt de la Poesie (2009) and Grand prix de la Francophonie (2011); Political Activist
Abdellatif Laabi on FaceBook
Poems by Abdellatif Laabi at Poetry Translation Centre
"Abdellatif Laabi, Terra Incognita", Profile of Laabi at Arabic Literature (in English), March 13, 2013
Archipelago Books published in February of this year Laabi's The Bottom of the Jar (Synposis). Andre Naffis-Sahely translated the book from the French.
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2 comments:
Love the quote!
Yes, great quote.
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