Rachid Boudjedra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Rachid Boudjedra

Algerian writer

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1941

Place of Birth: Aïn Beïda, Oum El Bouaghi Province, Algeria

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, journalist

Nationality: Algeria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Rachid Boudjedra

  • Rashid Boudjedra (Arabic: ???? ???????) (b.
  • 5 September 1941 in Aïn Beïda, Algeria) is an Algerian poet, novelist, playwright and critic.
  • Boudjedra wrote in French from 1965 to 1981, at which point he switched to writing in Arabic, often translating his own works back and forth between the two languages.
  • Boudjedra returned to writing in French in 1992 and has continued to write in that language ever since.
  • Educated in Constantine and in Tunis (at the Collège Sadiki), Boudjedra later fought for the FLN during the Algerian War of Independence.
  • He received his degree in philosophy from the Sorbonne, where he wrote a thesis on Céline.
  • Upon receiving his degree, he returned to Algeria to teach, but was sentenced to two years in prison for his criticisms of the government and was exiled to Blida.
  • He lived in France from 1969 till 1972, and then in Rabat, Morocco until 1975. Boudjedra's fiction is written in a difficult, complex style, reminiscent of William Faulkner or Gabriel García Márquez in its intricacy.
  • La Répudiation (1969, "The Repudiation") brought him sudden attention, both for the strength with which he challenged traditional Muslim culture in Algeria and for the strong reaction against him.
  • Because a fatwa was issued which called for his death, he felt he had to live outside of Algeria.
  • He has routinely been called the greatest living North African writer. Boudjedra was awarded the Prix du roman arabe in 2010 for Les Figuiers de Barbarie. André Naffis-Sahely has translated two of his novels into English: Les Figuiers de Barbarie as The Barbary Figs (Haus, 2012) and Les Funérailles as The Funerals (Haus, 2015). Rachid Boudjedra has also been involved in writing a number of films.
  • Chronique des années de braise (Chronicle of the Years of Fire), (dir.
  • by Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina) which, in 1975 won the Palme d'or at the Cannes Festival.

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