| Intro | Writer |
| Is | Linguist |
| From | Algeria |
| Type |
Literature Social science |
| Gender | female |
| Birth |
13 September 1980, Algiers |
| Age | 40 years |
Samira Negrouche, francophone Algerian writer and poet, born in Algiers, in September 13, 1980. Also a Medical Doctor, she lives and works in Algeria.
Career
Negrouche is mainly known for her poetry, but also for her prose, her academic and dramatic texts, and her other creative writings. Furthermore, she translates Algerian contemporary poetry written in Arab and other regional languages called “minoritaries” into English and French. Also, she works in various fields, such as video, theater, dance, photography and diverse visual arts expressions.
The author received a scholarship from the National Book Centre to pursue a stage in France during 2004 and 2005. In 2009, in Lyon, performing with the Greek musician and singer Angelique Ionatos in “Without precaution …” she had a impact on public opinion. In 2012, she edited contemporary Algerian poetry written in French for the review “Ici è là”, and prepared a compilation of contemporary Algerian poetry written in Arabic, Tamazight and French, for the Quebecer magazine of poetry “Exit”.
Negrouche is regularly invited to participate in international literary events, in which she often reads poetry and coordinates and manages different activities.
Negrouche is a member of the international committee to the festival “Voice of the Mediterranean” Lodève and general secretary to the Algeria PEN club. She also creates CADMOS, a cultural association for the preservation of Mediterranean cultural patrimony.
Some of her poetry has been translated into Spanish and Italian.
Anthologies and joint works
- J’ai embrassé l’aube d’été, Villeurbanne: Editions La Passe du vent, 2004.
- L’Heure injuste !, Villeurbanne: Editions La Passe du vent, 2005.
- Départements et territoires d’outre-ciel, Villeurbanne: Editions La Passe du vent, 2006.
- Dans le privilège du soleil et du vent, Villeurbanne: Editions La Passe du vent, 2007.
- Pour Tous !, Villeurbanne: Editions La Passe du vent, 2009.
- Triangle : Poésies en traduction, Alger: Alpha, 2009.
- Samira Negrouche (ed.), Lignes d’horizons, Blida: Editions du Tell, 2010.
- Samira Negrouche (ed.), Quand l’amandier refleurira, Anthologie de poètes algériens contemporains, Paris: Editions de l’Amandier, 2012
Translations of her work
- “Il palo elettrico soltanto”, tr. to Italian by Giovanni Dettori, in “Soliana”, n°1, (Cagliari), nov. 2007. Cultural review, p. 21-25.
- Jazz degli ulivi, translation into Italian by Annie Urselli, Alberobello, Italy: Poiesis Editrice, coll. Diwan della poesia, 2011.
- A ciento ochenta grados, translation to Spanish and preface by Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau, Rosario – Buenos Aires, Argentine: Gog y Magog, 2012.
About Samira Negrouche
- Eric Pessan, François Bon, Arno Bertina, Il me sera difficile de venir te voir: correspondances littéraires sur les conséquences de la politique française d’immigration, La Roque d’Anthéron: Vent d’ailleurs, 2008.
- Eric Sarner, Un voyage en Algéries, Paris: Plon, 2012.
- Érik Orsenna, L’Avenir de l’eau, Petit précis de mondialisation n°2, Joseph Kessel Price, Paris: Fayal, 2009.
References & Notes
Part of the author’s biography is taken from: Samira Negrouche, Le Jazz des oliviers, Blida: Editions du Tell, 2010.