Rabah Belamri
Rabah Belamri (11 October 1946 – 28 September 1995) was an Algerian writer.
Rabah Belamri

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- Born
- 1946 · Bougaa.
- Died
- 1995 · Nanterre.
- Nationality
- Algeria · France
- Occupation
- writer · poet
- Education
- University of Algiers 1
- Honours
- Prix France Culture
- Languages
- French
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Rabah Belamri (11 October 1946 – 28 September 1995) was an Algerian writer.
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Biography
Biography
Rabah Belamri lost his sight in 1962. After studying at Sétif High School, at the École des jeunes aveugles in Algiers, at the École normale d'instituteurs of Bouzareah and at the University of Algiers, he arrived in 1972 in Paris where he supported a doctorate entitled L'œuvre de Louis Bertrand, Miroir de l'idéologie coloniale which was published by the Office des publications universitaires in 1980. He obtained French nationality. He is the author of several collections of poems, tales and novels inspired by his Algerian childhood. He was touched by the work of Jean Sénac to whom he devoted an essay and who he considered a guide. He died on September 28 1995 in Paris following a surgery.
Works
Works
• 1980: L'œuvre de Louis Bertrand, miroir de l'idéologie colonialiste, Office des Publications Universitaires, Algiers • 1982: Les Graines de la douleur, Algerian folk tales, Publisud, Paris, 110 p.. • 1982: La Rose rouge, Algerian folk tales, Publisud • 1982: Le Soleil sous le tamis, autobiographical childhood story, preface by Jean Déjeux, Publisud, 316 p.. • 1983: Chemin de brûlure, poems, drawings by Hamid Tibouchi, Éditions de l'Orycte, Paris • 1986: L'Oiseau du grenadier, Algerian tales, proverbs and childhood memories, Castor poche, Flammarion, Paris • 1985: Le Galet et l'hirondelle, poems, L'Harmattan, Paris, 108 p.. • 1986: Proverbes et dictons algériens, L'Harmattan • 1987: Regard blessé, autobiographical novel, éditions Gallimard, Paris, Prix France Culture • 1989: Jean Sénac: entre désir et douleur, essay, Office des Publications Universitaires • 1989: L'Olivier boit son ombre, poems, cover and illustrations by Petar Omčikus, etching by Abdallah Benanteur, Edisud, Aix-en-Provence, 104 p.. • 1989: L'Asile de pierre, novel, Gallimard, 152 p. • 1991: L'Âne de Djeha, L'Harmattan • 1992: Femmes sans visage, novel, Gallimard, (Prix Kateb Yacine), 141 p. • 1993: Pierres d'équilibre, poems, Le Dé bleu • 1994: Mémoire en archipel, collection of tales, Gallimard, 133 p. • 1996: Chronique du temps de l'innocence, Gallimard • 1998: Corps seul, poems, Gallimard, 70 p.
Anthologies
Anthologies
• Les Mots migrateurs, Une anthologie poétique algérienne, présentée par Tahar Djaout, Office des Publications Universitaires, Alger, 1984. • Anthologie de la littérature algérienne (1950-1987), Introduction, choices, notices and comments by Charles Bonn, Le Livre de Poche, Paris, 1990 • Des Chèvres noires dans un champ de neige? 30 poètes et 4 peintres algériens, Bacchanales n°32, Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Maison de la poésie Rhône-Alpes - Paris, Marsa éditions, 2003; Des chèvres noires dans un champ de neige? (Anthologie de la poésie algérienne contemporaine), édition enrichie, Bacchanales, n° 52, Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Maison de la poésie Rhône-Alpes, 2014 • Ali El Hadj Tahar, Encyclopédie de la poésie algérienne de langue française, 1930-2008 (in two volumes), Algiers, Éditions Dalimen, 2009, 956 pages. • Abdelmadjid Kaouah, Quand la nuit se brise (Poésie algérienne francophone contemporaine), éditions du Seuil, Paris, 2012. • Une anthologie des poésies arabes, images by Rachid Koraïchi, (poems chosen by Farouk Mardam-Bey et Waciny Laredj, calligraphies d'Abdallah Akkar et Ghani Alani), Paris, Éditions Thierry Magnier, 2014 [poème: Les fenêtres sont vides...]
On Rabah Belamri
On Rabah Belamri
• Christiane Chaulet Achour, « Belamri, Rabah », with the collaboration of Corinne Blanchaud (dir.), Dictionnaire des écrivains francophones classiques: Afrique subsaharienne, Caraïbe, Maghreb, Machrek, Océan Indien, H. Champion, Paris, 2010, • Jean Déjeux, Dictionnaire des auteurs maghrébins de langue française, Paris, Editions Karthala, 1984.
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Bougaa.
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Nanterre.
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