Mohammed Aziz Lahbabi

محمد عزيز الحبابي (Known as "Aziz Lahbabi")

Philosopher, Novelist, Poet, Nobel Prize Nominee (1987)

Born Dec 25, 1922

Fez, Morocco

Passed Away Aug 23, 1993 Rabat, Morocco

Lifespan 70 years old

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"To become a person is to transcend isolation through solidarity, thought, and mutual love."

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Internationally acclaimed Moroccan philosopher, novelist, and poet who founded the philosophy of 'Muslim Personalism', author of De l'être à la personne, and nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1987.

Biographical Record

Mohammed Aziz Lahbabi was born in Fez and studied philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris, earning a Doctorat d'État. As founding Dean of the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences at Mohammed V University in Rabat, he established the Moroccan Union of Writers (UEM) in 1961.

Lahbabi formulated the philosophical school of 'Realistic Personalism' (Al-Shakhsaniyya), reconciling Islamic humanist ethics with modern existentialism. His novels and poetry collections in Arabic and French were translated into dozens of languages, earning him a nomination for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1987.

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Al-Shuhada Cemetery
Rabat, Morocco

                         GPS: 34.0268, -6.8418                    

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