Rabah Belamri Explained

Rabah Belamri (; 11 October 1946 – 28 September 1995) was an Algerian writer.

Biography

Rabah Belamri lost his sight in 1962. After studying at Sétif High School, at the École des jeunes aveugles in Algiers, at the École normale d'instituteurs of Bouzareah and at the University of Algiers, he arrived in 1972 in Paris where he supported a doctorate entitled L'œuvre de Louis Bertrand, Miroir de l'idéologie coloniale which was published by the in 1980. He obtained French nationality.

He is the author of several collections of poems, tales and novels inspired by his Algerian childhood. He was touched by the work of Jean Sénac to whom he devoted an essay and who he considered a guide.

He died on September 28 in 1995 in Paris following a surgery, leaving his work unfinished.

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