Sophie el Goulli

{{Short description|Tunisian writer and art historian}}

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Sophie el Goulli (4 February 1932 – 10 October 2015) was a Tunisian writer and art historian.

She was born in Sousse and was educated at the Sorbonne. El Goulli worked for the Tunisian Ministry of Culture and taught art history at the University of Tunis.{{cite web |url=http://data.bnf.fr/12002865/sophie_el_goulli/ |title=Sophie el Goulli |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr}} She also has contributed to the cinematic arts journal SeptièmArt.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hKmCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA293 |title=Encyclopedia of African Literature |page=293 |last=Gikandi |first=Simon |year=2003 |isbn=1134582234}} She retired in 1993, and moved to Tunis. She died on 10 October 2015.{{cite news|title=Sophie El Goulli n'est plus : Tunis perd l'un de ses monuments|url=http://kapitalis.com/tunisie/2015/10/10/sophie-el-goulli-nest-plus-tunis-perd-lun-de-ses-monuments/|accessdate=11 October 2015|work=Kapitalis|date=10 October 2015|language=French}}

El Gouilli established the Tunisian film library.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/peuplesmditerran801pari |title=Femmmes et poèmes de Tunisie |page=[https://archive.org/details/peuplesmditerran801pari/page/53 53] |year=1997 |language=fr}} She received the Prix Culturel du Cinéma in 1991 and the Prix national de la Critique in 1992.{{cite web |url=http://www.limag.refer.org/new/index.php?inc=schaut&numaut=00005171&go=Rechercher&aff=ok |title=El Goulli, Sophie |work=Littératures du Maghreb |language=fr}}