Driss Chraïbi (born July 15, 1926) is a Moroccanauthor whose novels deal with colonialism and are often semi-autobiographical. Born in El Jadida and educated in Casablanca, Chraïbi went to Paris in 1946 to study chemistry and neuropsychiatry before turning to literature and journalism. His first novel, The Simple Past, was published in 1954 and his subsequent writings have made Chraïbi the only Moroccan novelist to receive international attention. July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... The Kingdom of Morocco is a country in northwest Africa. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... World map of colonialism circa 1945. ... For music albums named Autobiography, see Greek eauton = self, bios = life and graphein = write) is a form of biography, the writing of a life story. ... El Jadida is a port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, in the province of El Jadida. ... For the 1942 film, see Casablanca (movie). ...-1... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental and emotional disorders (see mental illness). ... Literature is literally an acquaintance with letters as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera meaning an individual written character (letter)). The term has, however, generally come to identify a collection of texts. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, reporting and analyzing information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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