Abdelkader Alloula
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Abdelkader Alloula | |
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عبد القادر علولة | |
Born | 1939 Ghazaouet, Algeria |
Died | March 14, 1994 Oran, Algeria |
Cause of death | assassinated by Islamists |
Nationality | Algerian |
Occupation | playwright |
Abdelkader Alloula Arabic: عبد القادر علولة (1939 in Ghazaouet, Algeria – March 14, 1994, in Oran, Algeria) was an Algerian playwright. He was assassinated by GIA terrorists.[1]
Biography
Alloula was born in Ghazaouet in western Algeria. He joined the Algerian National Theatre upon its creation in 1963 following independence. His works, typically in vernacular Algerian Arabic, included:
- El-Aâleg (1969) - "The Leech", a satire of corrupt administration
- El-Khobza (1970) - "Bread"
- Homq Salim (1972) - "Salim's Madness", a monologue based on Nikolai Gogol's "Diary of a Madman"
- Hammam Rabbi (1975) - "The Lord's Bath", based on Gogol's The Government Inspector
- The Generous Trilogy:
- El-Agoual (1980) - "The Sayings"
- El-Adjouad (1984) - "The Generous"
- El-Litham (1989) - "The Veil"
He was working on an Arabic version of Tartuffe when he was shot by two members of FIDA (Islamic Front for Armed Jihad) during Ramadan on March 10, 1994, as he left his house in Oran. He was transferred to a hospital in Paris, where he died four days later.[2] His widow, Radja Alloula, and friends set up the Abdelkader Alloula Foundation in his memory.
His brother, Malek Alloula, is also a noted Algerian writer.
Further reading
- En mémoire du futur : Pour Abdelkader Alloula (in French). Actes Sud. June 4, 1999. ISBN 2742713905.
References
- ^ "Abdelkader Alloula" (in French). algeriades.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012.
- ^ Abu-Haidar, Farida (April 15, 1994). "Obituary: Abdelkader Alloula". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29.
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