Fouroulou mouloud feraoun autobiography

Algerian writer and martyr of the Algerian revolution

Mouloud Feraoun (8 March 1913 – 15 March 1962) was an Algerian writer and martyr of the Algerian revolution born in Tizi Hibel, Kabylie.

Fouroulou mouloud feraoun autobiography

Some of his books, written in French, have been translated into several languages including English and German. In 1951, he corresponded with the Algeria-born French author Albert Camus. He was kidnapped and assassinated by the French OAS on 15 March 1962, just days before the end of the war.^[1]

All of his works describe Feraoun's native society – the Berber mountain farmers – and their life, poverty, the love of one's homeland, emigration, and the consequences of French colonialism.

On 3 March 2022, in a ceremony in Algiers, French president Emmanuel Macron honored Feraoun and other victims of the OAS.^[2]

Biography

Feraoun was born in 1913, belonging to a family of poor farmers.

His father, who was illiterate, had to migrate several times to seek