Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker
Berthe-Sultana Bénichou-Aboulker (l; 16 May 1888 – 19 August 1942) was a Jewish-Algerian poet and playwright who wrote in French. Her play La Kahena, reine berbière (1933) was the "first work published by a Jewish woman in Algeria".
Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker
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- Name
- Berthe-Sultana Bénichou-Aboulker
- Born
- 16 May 1888
- Birthplace
- Oran, Algeria
- Died
- 19 August 1942
- Place of death
- Algiers, Algeria
- Spouse
- Henri Aboulker
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- writer · poet · playwright · singer
- Languages
- French
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Berthe-Sultana Bénichou-Aboulker (l; 16 May 1888 – 19 August 1942) was a Jewish-Algerian poet and playwright who wrote in French. Her play La Kahena, reine berbière (1933) was the "first work published by a Jewish woman in Algeria".
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• Name — Berthe-Sultana Bénichou-Aboulker • Born — 16 May 1888 • Birthplace — Oran, Algeria • Died — 19 August 1942 • Place of death — Algiers, Algeria • Genre — Poetry, Drama • Notable Works — La Kahena, reine berbière • Spouse — Henri Aboulker • Children — José Aboulker, Colette Aboulker-Muscat, Marcelle Lasry
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She was the daughter of Adélaïde Azoubib (poet and prose writer) and her second husband, Mardochée Bénichou. She had at least one sibling, a brother, Raymond Benichou. Her husband, Henri Aboulker, was a surgeon and professor; their son, José Aboulker was a surgeon and political figure; and their daughter Colette Béatrice Aboulker-Muscat was a renowned Kabbalah teacher who received the Croix de Guerre for her role in the Algerian Resistance and, in 1995, was awarded the prestigious Yakir Yerushalayim award.
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- 1.http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-jews-in-the-islamic-world/benichou-aboulker-berthe-SIM_0003940.
- 2.Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker Jewish Women's Archive. jwa.org.
- 3.Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa. Rowman & Littlefield. 2013. 978-0-8108-6858-8.
- 4.Parcours de femmes-Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker. www.radiojm.fr.
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