Mouloud Feraoun

Mouloud Feraoun was born on 8 March 1913 in Tizi Hibel, in High Kabylia, into a family of poor peasants. A scholarship holder, he entered the teacher training college at Bouzaréah, where he became friends with Emmanuel Roblès, then became a schoolteacher, school headmaster and finally inspector of the educational social centres. His correspondence with Albert Camus and his Journal, kept from 1955 until his death, tell of the untenable position of a man attached to both shores and refusing both terrorisms. On 15 March 1962, an OAS commando assassinated him in El Biar together with five of his colleagues.

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• NovelThe Poor Man's SonLe Fils du pauvreMouloud Feraoun · 1950Literature