Tunisian member of academia, researcher and translator Ridha Mami was picked to join the New York-based North American Academy of Modern International Literature (ANLMI).
This is a first for Tunisian academics, Mami Sunday told TAP, after a months-long selection.
It is a source of pride for Tunisia, Mami said. This membership paved the way for him, he added, to get unanimously chosen to give two lectures as part of the academy’s roundtable meeting next May 26-27 on “the Importance of the Spanish Language as a Bridge between Cultures.” Several themes will be addressed in connection to building peace through education.
Mami will give next May 26 at the seat of the United Nations a first lecture, along with fellow academics from the different continents, on the theme “the Two Shores of the Mediterreanean: Tragedy of Conflict and the Possibilities of Co-existence.”
A second lecture is set for May 27 at the Bronx Campus; it will address the theme of “Translations of the Palestinian Literature to Spanish.”
The Tunisian academic is a professor of Spanish language and literature at the University of Manouba and Founding President of the Tunisian Association of Graduates in Spanish Language and Literature.
He is also a poet and a critic and the author of fourteen books in Spanish and English which were published in Spain and Lation America.
Likewise, Mami translated Abu El Kacem Chebbi’s poems to Spanish; they are currently taught at the universities of Venezuela, Argentina and other Latin American countries.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse