Bachir Qamari

Bashir Qamari (Arabic: بشير القمري; 10 January 1951 – 24 June 2021) was a Moroccan literary critic, novelist and playwright.

Bachir Qamari
Born	(1951-01-10)10 January 1951 Nador, Morocco
Died	24 June 2021(2021-06-24) (aged 70) Rabat, Morocco
Occupation(s)	Literary critic, novelist and playwright

Biography

Qamari was born in Nador in 1951. He studied Arabic literature at the Mohammed V University in Rabat (1975 MA, 1987 PhD). He was professor at the faculty of literature in Kenitra and taught contemporary literature at the Mohammed V University in Rabat.^[1]

He started working for Al-Alam in 1972, then he joined the Union of Writers of Morocco in 1976, where he became a member of its central office from 1996 to 2004.^[2]

On 24 June 2021, he died in Rabat due to illness.^[3]