Jean Amrouche

Jean Amrouche

Jean-Elmouhoub Amrouche (February 7, 1906 in Ighil Ali, Algeria-April 16, 1962 in Paris, France) was a French-language Algerian poet. Born to a Catholic family ( [http://www.geocities.com/africanwriters/Countries/AuthorsAlgeria.html#jamrouche source] ) in Kabylie in Algeria, Amrouche emigrated with his family to Tunisia while still young. He later moved to Paris for studies.

When he was a high school teacher in Tunis, Albert Memmi was one of his students.

Amrouche is considered the most important poet for the development of francophone literature in Algeria.

He was the older brother of fellow writer Taos Amrouche.

Selected works

*"Chants Berbères de Kabylie", 1939
*"Etoile Secrète", 1937
*"Cendres : poèmes, 1928-1934", 1934

External links

* [http://www.limag.refer.org/Textes/Manuref/AMROUCHE.htm Information in French]


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