Wikipedia's first sentence called it “award-winning french-language poet”. Today it says “french-language writer and cultural critic”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Overview of the literary work”.
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Abdelwahab Meddeb at the 'Comédie du Livre' of Montpellier in 2011.1Abdelwahab Meddeb ( ; 1946 – 5 November 2014) was an award-winning French-language poet, novelist, essayist, translator, editor, cultural critic , political commentator , radio producer , public intellectual and professor of comparative literature at the University of Paris X-Nanterre .2 "Mort de l'essayiste et romancier Abdelwahab Meddeb (1946-2014)" (in French).
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Abdelwahab Meddeb (born 1946) is an award-winning French-language poet, novelist, essayist, translator, editor, Islamic scholar, cultural critic , political commentator , radio producer , public intellectual and professor of comparative literature at the University of Paris X-Nanterre .
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Abdelwahab Meddeb ( ; 1946 – 5 November 2014) was a French-language poet, novelist, essayist, translator, editor, cultural critic , political commentator , radio producer , public intellectual and professor of comparative literature at the University of Paris X-Nanterre . "Mort de l'essayiste et romancier Abdelwahab Meddeb (1946-2014)" (in French).
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Abdelwahab Meddeb ( ; 1946 – 5 November 2014) was a French-language writer and cultural critic, and a professor of comparative literature at the University of Paris X-Nanterre . "Mort de l'essayiste et romancier Abdelwahab Meddeb (1946-2014)" (in French).
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French-language writer (1946–2014) Abdelwahab Meddeb ( Tunisian Arabic : عبد الوهاب المدب ; 17 January 1946 – 5 November 2014) was a French-language writer and cultural critic, and a professor of comparative literature at the University of Paris X-Nanterre . "Mort de l'essayiste et romancier Abdelwahab Meddeb (1946-2014)" (in French).
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award-winning french-language poet
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french-language writer and cultural critic
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Overview of the literary work
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