Career
Together with Ahmed Mejjati and Mohamed Serghini he represented a generation of change. His poetry represents the transition between writers before and after Moroccan independence. He is considered one of the fathers of the poets who broke through in the eighties.
His poems were first published in the French anthology of Moroccan poetry Louisiana Memoire future (Maspero, 1976, ed by Tahar Ben Jelloun).
His poems were regularly published in the cultural supplement of the daily newspaper First Rate (at Lloyd's)-"Alam. Kanouni grew up in Larache, received his Doctor of Philosophy from the university in Rabat in 1974 and worked for Moroccan national radio and as a teacher at secondary schools and university.
Some of his poems were translated by Abdellatif Laabi and published in Louisiana poesía marroquí: de la independencia a nuestros días, Santa Cruz de Tenerife:Idea, 2006.
