Djamel Amrani

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Djamel Amrani (born August 29, 1935 in Sour El-Ghozlane , Algeria, † March 2, 2005 ), was an Algerian writer and freedom fighter.

Life

His family settled in Algiers in 1952 . After graduating from school, he took an active part in the student strike in 1956. He was arrested and tortured during the Battle of Algiers in 1957. His family members were killed. After his release from prison, he was expelled to France.

In his first book, Le Temoin (The Witness), he reported on torture in Algeria in 1960, and later he produced a Maghrebian program on French television. After his return he made poetry programs on Algerian television.

In 2004 he received the Pablo Neruda Medal from Chilean President Ricardo Lagos .

Works

  • 1964: Soleil de notre nuit , préface de Henri Kréa, encres de Mohamed Aksouh - Éditions Subervie, Rodez
  • 1964: Chants pour le Premier Novembre , avec des gravures de Abdallah Benanteur - Éditions d'art ABM, Paris
  • 1968: Bivouac des certitudes - Éditions SNED, Alger
  • 1972: Aussi loin que mes regards se portent ... - Editions SNED, Alger
  • 1979: Jours couleur de soleil - Editions SNED, Alger
  • 1981: Entre la dent et la mémoire - SNED, Alger
  • 1982: L'Été de ta peau - SNED, Alger
  • 1983: La Plus haute source - ENAL, Alger
  • 1985: Argile d'embolie - Ed. Laphomic, Alger
  • 1985: Au jour de ton corps - ENAL, Alger
  • 1986: Déminer la mémoire - ENAL, Alger
  • 1989: Vers l'amont - ENAL, Alger
  • 2000: Alger - Éditions Actes Sud, Arles ISBN 2-7427-3023-0
  • 2001: Alger, un regard intérieur in La pensée de midi , n ° 4 - Éditions Actes Sud, Arles ISBN 2-7427-3357-4
  • 2003: La Nuit du dedans - Editions Marsa, Alger
  • 2003: Œuvres choisies - Éditions ANEP, Alger

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Simon Gikandi: Encyclopedia of African Literature . Taylor & Francis, 2003, ISBN 978-1-134-58223-5 , pp. 29 (English, full text in the Google book search).

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personal data
SURNAME Amrani, Djamel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Algerian writer and freedom fighter
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Sour El-Ghozlane , Algeria
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 2005