Lativ, Chokri

Writer Chokri Latif was born in Nabeul in 1958. He has led cultural institutions in Tunisia since 1982. Latif currently serves as Director of the Maison de la Culture Ibn Rachiq in Tunis and previously directed six other cultural centers in Tunis and around the country. He studied philosophy at the Faculty of Letters and Humanities in Tunis.

Latif sits on the board of numerous civil society associations, including the League of Free Tunisian Writers (Ligue des Ecrivains Tunisiens Libres), the theoretical journal Outrahat, RAID (Rassemblement pour une Alternative Internationale au Développement) and the Organisation against Torture in Tunisia. From February 2002 until November 2011, Latif was arbitrarily banned or removed from cultural activities.