Samir Ayadi

Ayadi was a prolific writer for thirty-two years, including publishing several short stories including "Sakhab Essamt", "Kadhalika Yaktouloun el Amal", "Zaman Ezzakharef" and "Hadir el Echq fel Ashar". He is also the author of a large number of plays including Ras El Ghoul, El Jazya El Hilaliya, Atchan ya Sabaya, Elissa (Didon), Sindbad, Sabra, A night in La Goulette, Taht Essour, Halawani Bab Souika and Mondo.

A founding member of the movement of the literary avant-garde in Tunis, he chaired the newspaper Culture, published by the literary club of the House of Culture Ibn-Khaldoun; the newspaper Al Massar, published by the Union of Tunisian Writers; and the newspaper La Vie culturelle, published at the time by the Ministry of Culture. He also chaired the International Festival of Carthage in the early 1980s.