Aziz Chouaki Explained

Aziz Chouaki
Birth Date:1951
Birth Place:Tizi Rashed, Algeria
Death Date:2019
Death Place:France
Spouse:Nasrin Chouaki

Aziz Chouaki (Arabic: عزيز شواكي) was born in 1951 in Tizi Rached,[1] Algeria. He died in France, 2019.[2] He was a writer and playwright known for his somewhat daring political and literary views. His literary works include the novel Baya- Algerian Rapsodia which was published in 1988, and the play Oranges, which was published in 1997. In the play, he documented the Algerian history from 1990 to 1997.[3] [4]

Early life and education

Aziz lived with his mother, who is a French teacher, in the Algerian capital. His mother used to read him the stories of Charles Perrault in French and Berber. Aziz was fond of the Irish writer James Joyce. In addition, he liked jazz and rock music, and sometimes folk music, which he used to listen to in Algerian concerts.[5] [6]

In 1991, Aziz was forced to leave Algeria to live in France due to the civil war, especially after some ‘extremists’ placed him on the assassination list.[7] [8]

Career

Aziz published his first novel Baya- Algerian Rapsodia in 1988, which was republished in Paris 30 years later by Bleu Autour publications. He used a very sharp style in this novel to a level that some critics described as "weird". He wrote this novel the way youngsters talk in the capital slums.[9] [10]

Aziz published Oranges in 1997. According to some critics, Oranges made a significant mark in the history of Francophone theatre. In 2011, he published The Star of Algiers, which was translated into several languages. The hero of this novel is Moussa Massy, who dreamed of being the Michael Jackson of Algeria before he became an extremist.[11]

Opinions

While he was writing his autobiography, he supported the Algerian protests that erupted on February 22, 2019.[12]

Works

Some of his notable works:[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aziz Chouaki. 2021-11-24. IMDb.
  2. Web site: 2021-04-10 . L'écrivain algérien Aziz Chouaki est mort . 2021-11-24 . Le Monde. https://web.archive.org/web/20210410223715/https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2019/04/17/l-ecrivain-algerien-aziz-chouaki-est-mort_5451652_3246.html . 10 April 2021 . dead.
  3. Web site: الاتحاد. صحيفة. 2019-04-18. عزيز شواكي.. الرحيل الأخير. 2021-11-24. صحيفة الاتحاد. ar-AR.
  4. Web site: Aziz Chouaki : biographie, actualités et émissions France Culture. 2021-11-24. France Culture. fr.
  5. Chaulet Achour. Christiane. 2006-09-30. Aziz Chouaki : entre heritage et dispersion. le contemporain metis. Insaniyat / إنسانيات. Revue algérienne d'anthropologie et de sciences sociales. fr. 32–33. 141–154. 10.4000/insaniyat.3454. 1111-2050.
  6. Web site: 2019-04-17. Décès d'Aziz Chouaki, dramaturge franco-algérien. 2021-11-24. LEFIGARO. fr.
  7. Web site: 2021-06-11 . المشاركة الفرنسية بالصالون الدولي للكتاب بالجزائر العاصمة - La France en Algérie . 2021-11-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210611041218/https://dz.ambafrance.org/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9 . 11 June 2021 . dead.
  8. Web site: Aziz Chouaki (auteur de L'étoile d'Alger). 2021-11-24. Babelio. fr.
  9. Web site: 2017-03-21. فيلم "تيمقاد".. إعادة حكاية الذاكرة الجزائرية. 2021-11-24. نون بوست. ar.
  10. Web site: Algérie : disparition d'Aziz Chouaki, l'écrivain en " exil littéraire " – Jeune Afrique. 2021-11-24. JeuneAfrique.com. fr-FR.
  11. Web site: 2013-06-04. Aziz Chouaki. 2021-11-24. www.fayard.fr. fr.
  12. Web site: Mahmoud.Munir. فرنسا 2019: فرجة المعارض والجوائز. live. 2021-11-24. alaraby. ar. https://web.archive.org/web/20200804232807/https://www.alaraby.co.uk/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7-2019-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B6-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B2 . 2020-08-04 .
  13. Web site: 2021-06-11. L'écrivain Aziz Chouaki est mort Livres Hebdo. 2021-11-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20210611031603/https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/lecrivain-aziz-chouaki-est-mort. 2021-06-11.

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