| Intro | Algerian writer |
| Was |
Writer Poet Playwright |
| From | Algeria |
| Type |
Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 16 May 1886, Oran, Oran, Algeria |
| Death |
19 August 1942, Algiers, Algiers Province, Algeria (aged 56 years) |
| Star sign | Taurus |
Berthe-Sultana Bénichou-Aboulker (16 May 1888, Oran – 19 August 1942, Algiers) was a French Algerian poet and playwright who wrote in French. Her play, La Kahena, reine berbière (1933) was the “first work published by a Jewish woman in Algeria”.
Life
She was the daughter of Adélaïde Azoubib (poet and prose writer) and her second husband, Mardochée Bénichou. She had at least one sibling, a brother, Raymond Benichou. Her husband, Henri Aboulker, was a surgeon and professor; their son, José Aboulker was a surgeon and political figure.