Taos Amrouche

Taos Amrouche was a French and Algerian singer, novelist, poet and writer (1913–1976). She was born at Tunis and died at Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire.

Also recorded as Marie-Louise-Taos Amrouche; Marguerite Taos Amrouche.

Taos Amrouche in brief

Born
1913
Died
1976
Known for
singer, novelist, poet and writer
Place of birth
Tunis
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Marie-Louise-Taos Amrouche and Marguerite Taos Amrouche. Her recorded languages were French and Kabyle.

She was the child of Fadhma Aït Mansour. She married André Bourdil. One child is recorded: Laurence Bourdil.

Catalogued works

11 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1966 to 2000.

Ramparts of Clay. Volshebnoe zerno. Inig akked ccfaya. Le Grain magique, contes, poèmes et proverbes berbères de Kabylie. L'exil et la memoire. Carnets intimes. L' amant imaginaire, dated 1975. Le Grain magique, dated 2000. Le Grain magique, contes, poémes et proverbes berbères de Kabylie, dated 1966. Solitude ma mère, dated 1995. Jacinthe noire, dated 1972.

Literature

12 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Amrouche, Marguerite Taos, African American Studies Center, 2011. Amrouche, Taos, Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. LANGUAGES AND POETICS OF PLACES IN 'HARVEST OF EXILE' BY TAOS AMROUCHE, Cahiers du cedimes, 2021. Pour Taos Amrouche, Présence Africaine, 1977. Quand l'épreuve fait oeuvre : le trauma de l'exil dans la tétralogie romanesque de Taos Amrouche. Adaptation scénique des contes traditionnels algériens entre sauvegarde et renouvèlement : réécriture-traduction pour une réactualisation d’un patrimoine en voie de disparition ?, Multilinguales, 2023. De Aïni à Marie-Corail : l’image de la femme rebelle dans deux récits autobiographiques de Fadhma et Taos Amrouche, إنسانيات, 2023. D’Alger à Damas, des auteurs en mal d’archives ?, Amnis, 2014. L’orientalisme Comme Mémoire Partagée. Au Détroit D’averroès De Driss Ksikes, Revue Algérienne des Lettres, 2020. La lecture littéraire à travers le prisme des dynamiques culturelles des supports didactiques du manuel scolaire de la 4e année primaire, Passerelle, 2024. Taos Amrouche : Lorsque La Mémoire Raconte L’histoire, Revue Algérienne des Lettres, 2020. Rencontre culturelle et solitude dans Rue des tambourins de Taos Amrouche, Studii si Cercetari Filologice: Seria Limbi Straine Aplicate, 2018.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (29529110). Those registers additionally record the forms Taos Amrouche, 1913-1976, Taos Amrouche, baaŋa ŋun nyɛ paɣa, Taos Amrouche, escriptora i cantant, Taos Amrouche, escritora y cantante algeriana, Taos Amrouche, chanteuse et écrivaine kabyle chrétienne de nationalité française, née en Tunisie, Taos Amrouche, Kabylian writer and singer (1913-1976) and Taos Amrouche, Algerian writer and singer.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 23 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1913Taos Amrouche born at Tunis.
  2. 1976Taos Amrouche died at Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Taos Amrouche”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2641050: Taos Amrouche

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