Renowned Moroccan poet Mohamed Aniba Al Hamri died on Wednesday in Casablanca at the age of 78, according to Morocco’s Press Agency (MAP).
Aniba Al Hamri was one of the “illustrious” figures of Moroccan poetry, dedicating his life to poetry and the art of creative writing. His literary journey began with the publication of his first collection, “Love, the Farce of Centuries,” in 1968.
His collections include “The Desire to Sail” (1973), “Epitaph for the Crucified” (1977), “The Malady of Lovers” (1987), “Shivers of Place” (1996), “The Taste of This White” (2000), and “Tartaoui Banjiaê Alqassi” (2019), which earned him the 2020 Morocco Book Award in the poetry category. He also authored several significant critical and literary studies.
Born in Casablanca in 1946, Aniba Al Hamri earned a degree in literature in 1969 from the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences in Fez. He also obtained a teaching certification from the Higher Normal School (ENS) in Rabat and completed a postgraduate diploma in December 1976. He dedicated his career to the national education sector, where he worked until his retirement.