Malek Ouary

Malek Ouary was born on 27 January 1916 in Ighil Ali, in Lesser Kabylia, in the same village of Christian families as the Amrouches, and studied literature and philosophy in Algiers, where he learned Greek, Latin and Arabic. He taught, then joined Algiers radio just after the war and devoted his work to collecting, translating and broadcasting the oral poetry of his region: he saved a repertoire of women's ritual songs and the testimony of an emulator of Si Mohand. Settled in France, he continued this work at the public radio and television service. He died on 21 December 2001 in Argelès-Gazost.

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• NovelLe Grain dans la meuleMalek Ouary · 1956not translated into EnglishLiterature