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Kateb Yacine


Born
in Constantine, Algeria
August 06, 1929

Died
October 28, 1989

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Reporter for Alger Republicain until 1950; then full-time writer. Yacine is one of the most notable French Algerian writers. Nedjma, a long prose poem reminiscent of Faulkner in the handling of time, has been called by Georges J. Joyaux "undoubtedly the best testimonial to the birth of a new Algeria." Yacine once said: "Nedjma [the girl in the story] is the soul of Algeria, torn apart since its origin and ravaged by too many exclusive passions."

From Wikipedia: Kateb Yacine was officially born on August 6, 1929, but it is more likely that his birth occurred four days earlier. He was born in Constantine. Born as Yacine Kateb, he once said that he was so used to hearing his teachers calling out names with the last name first that he adopted Ka
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Soliloques (Voix)

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Le Poète comme un boxeur : ...

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“Les corps des femmes désirées, comme les dépouilles des vipères et les parfums volatils, ne sont pas faits pour dépérir, pourrir et s' évaporer dans notre atmosphère : fioles, bocaux et baignoires : c'est là que doivent durer les fleurs, scintiller les écailles et les femmes s' épanouir, loin de l' air et du temps, ainsi qu'un continent englouti ou une épave qu'on saborde, pour y découvrir plus tard, en cas de survie, un ultime trésor.”
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