Mouloud Mammeri
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| Born | December 28, 1917 Ait Yanni, Algeria |
| Died | February 26, 1989 (aged 71) Aïn Defla, Algeria |
| Occupation | Writer, Linguist, Researcher |
| Language | Berber, French |
| Nationality | Algerian |
| Period | 1940s to 1980s |
| Notable works | Tajeṛṛumt n Tmaziɣt Amawal Tamazight-Tafransist |
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Mouloud Mammeri (
Biography
He was born on December 28, 1917, in
After the end of the war, he received his degree as a professor of arts and returned to Algeria in September 1947. He taught in Médéa, and then in Ben Aknoun, and published his first novel, The Forgotten Hill in 1952. He was forced to leave Algiers in 1957 because of the Algerian War. Mammeri came back to Algeria shortly after its independence in 1962.
From 1965 to 1972 he taught
In 1982, he founded the Center of
Mammeri died the evening of February 26, 1989, in a car accident, which took place near
Quotes
Every thing started with the dominos argument which exasperated Arezki and which Sliman, his young brother, had, once again, explained immediately: "This war is the salvation of the infortunate. When everything burns, when every thing is destroyed, when the storm, the avalanche and the hurricane have carried away or engulfed everything, the earth will once again be virgin. Everything will be questioned. It will be just like in dominos: a new distribution will be made", And you'll be a beggar as before, said Arezki. "No, my brother we've suffered enough, it's time for the poor to be fortunate".
— Mouloud Mammeri, Extracted from The sleep of the Just (1940)
Legacy
Works
Novels
- "La Colline oubliée", Paris, Plon, 1952, 2nde édition, Paris, Union Générale d’Éditions, S.N.E.D., col. 10/18, 1978 (ISBN 2-07-038474-8).
- "Le petit stupide", Paris, Plon, 1952, 2nde édition, Paris, Union Générale d’Éditions, S.N.E.D., col. 10/18, 1978 (ISBN 2-264-00908-X).
- L'opium et le bâton: roman (in French). (1965/1992). Paris: Éditions La Découverte. ISBN 2-7071-2086-3.
- "La Traversée", Paris, Plon, 1982, 2nde édition, Alger, Bouchène, 1992.
Short stories
- « Ameur des arcades et l’ordre », Paris, 1953, Plon, « La table ronde », N°72.
- « Le petit mechant», Preuves, Paris, N° 76, Juin 1957, PP. 33–67.
- « La Meute », Europe, Paris, N°567-568, Juillet-Août 1976 .
- « L’Hibiscus », Montréal, 1985, Dérives N°49, PP. 67–80.
- « Le Désert Atavique », Paris, 1981, quotidien Le Monde du 16 Août 1981.
- « Ténéré Atavique », Paris, 1983, Revue Autrement N°05.
- « Escales », Alger, 1985, Révolution africaine; Paris, 1992, La Découverte (ISBN 2-7071-2043-X).
Theatre
- « Le Foehn ou la preuve par neuf », Paris, PubliSud, 1982, 2nde édition, Paris, pièce jouée à Alger en 1967 .
- « Le Banquet », précédé d’un dossier, la mort absurde des aztèques, Paris, Librairie académique Perrin, 1973.
- « La Cité du soleil », sortie en trois tableaux, Alger, 1987, Laphomic, M. Mammeri : Entretien avec Tahar Djaout, pp. 62–94.
Translation and literary criticism
- Les Isefra by Mohand ou Mohand (in French). (1969). Paris: F. Maspero. OCLC 186896.
- Poèmes kabyles anciens (in French). (1980). Paris: F. Maspero. ISBN 2-7071-1150-3.
- « L ‘Ahellil du Gourara », Paris, M.S.H., 1984 (ISBN 2-7351-0107-X).
- « Yenna-yas Ccix Muhand », Alger, Laphomic, 1989.
- « Machaho, contes berbères de Kabylie », Paris, Bordas.
- « Tellem chaho, contes berbères de Kabylie », Paris, Bordas, 1980.
Grammar and linguistic
- « Tajeṛṛumt n tmaziɣt (tantala taqbaylit) », Paris, Maspéro, 1976.
- Précis de grammaire berbère (kabyle) (in French). (1987). Paris: Editions AWAL. ISBN 2-906659-00-2.
- « Lexique français-touareg », en collaboration avec J.M. Cortade, Paris, Arts et métiers graphiques, 1967.
- « Amawal Tamazight-Français et Français-Tamazight », Imedyazen, Paris, 1980.
- « Awal », cahiers d’études berbères, sous la direction de M. Mammeri, 1985–1989, Paris, Awal
References
- ISBN 9780195334739.
- ^ Tajeṛṛumt n tmaziɣt. Paris, Maspéro, 1976.
- ^ Berber Culture On The World Stage: From Village To Video By Jane E. Goodman at Google Books
- ^ Avec Mouloud Maameri à Taourirt Mimoun, Mohammed Arkoun at Google Books
