Mahmoud Messadi

Mahmoud Messadi was born in 1911 in Tazarka, in the governorate of Nabeul. He studied Arabic language and literature at the Sorbonne from 1933, then headed the teachers' union. Minister of Education from 1958 to 1968, he carried out a reform that bears his name; he was later Minister of Culture from 1973 to 1976, then presided over the Assembly from 1981 to 1986. He also worked with UNESCO. He wrote the bulk of his literary work between the end of the thirties and 1947, and died on 16 December 2004, aged ninety-three.

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