Djamel Amrani, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Djamel Amrani

Algerian poet, playwright and essayist

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1935

Place of Birth: Sour El-Ghozlane, Bouïra Province, Algeria

Date of Death: 02-Mar-2005

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Algeria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Djamel Amrani (August 29, 1935 in Sour El-Ghozlane (Algeria) - March 2, 2005 in Algiers) is an Algerian writer of French expression.Djamel (or Djamal) Amrani was educated in 1952, at the communal school of Bir Mourad Raïs.
On May 19, 1956, he participated in the strike of Algerian students.
In 1957, he was arrested, tortured and imprisoned by the colonial army.
In 1958, when he was released from prison, he was expelled to France.
In 1960, he published his first book at Éditions de Minuit, Le Témoin.
That same year, he met Pablo Neruda and created the newspaper Chaâb.
In 1966, he became a producer of a Maghrebian program at the ORTF, and began a radio career alongside Leïla Boutaleb on Algerian radio.
In 2004, he was awarded the Pablo Neruda Medal, the international distinction of poetry.