Jean Amrouche
Jean-Elmouhoub Amrouche (7 February 1906 in Ighil Ali, Algeria - 16 April 1962 in Paris, France) was a French-language Algerian poet. Born to a Catholic family (source) in Kabylie in Algeria, Amrouche emigrated with his family to Tunisia while still young. He later moved to Paris for studies.
When he was a high school teacher in Tunis, Albert Memmi was one of his students.
Amrouche is considered the most important poet for the development of francophone literature in Algeria.
He was the older brother of fellow writer Taos Amrouche. Both were the children of Marguerite Fadhma Ath Mansour, author of .
Read more about Jean Amrouche: Selected Works
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