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Mouloud Feraoun

1913 - 1962

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Mouloud Feraoun (Kabyle: Mulud Ferɛun; 8 March 1913 – 15 March 1962) was an Algerian writer and martyr of the Algerian revolution born in Tizi Hibel, Kabylie. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mouloud Feraoun is the 2,938th most popular writer (down from 2,301st in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 69th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Algerian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mouloud Feraoun ranks 2,938 out of 7,302. Before him are Sebastian Franck, Saigyō, Gottschalk of Orbais, Joe Hill, Antonio de Guevara, and Subramania Bharati. After him are David Albahari, K. A. Applegate, Edvard Kocbek, José Martínez Ruiz, Lucrezia Marinella, and Abdul-Qādir Bedil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Mouloud Feraoun ranks 157. Before him are Gig Young, Elisaveta Bykova, Hajo Herrmann, Charles Berlitz, Stefan Heym, and Fritz-Julius Lemp. After him are Carl-Henning Pedersen, Johann Niemann, Vicente Calderón, Benjamin Markarian, William P. Rogers, and Charles Helou. Among people deceased in 1962, Mouloud Feraoun ranks 94. Before him are Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, William Clothier, Juan Belmonte, Francisco Bru, Pedro Pablo Ramírez, and Arthur Oncken Lovejoy. After him are Eugene Aynsley Goossens, Franz Konwitschny, Franz Kline, José Giral, Max Vasmer, and Karl Rapp.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Mouloud Feraoun ranks 84 out of 213. Before him are Abdelmalek Sellal (1948), Émile Boirac (1851), Françoise Arnoul (1931), Messali Hadj (1898), Albert Soboul (1914), and Abdelhamid Ben Badis (1889). After him are Françoise Fabian (1933), Quintus Lollius Urbicus (150), Yasmina Khadra (1955), Abderrahmane Farès (1911), Fernand Bouisson (1874), and Thelma Schoonmaker (1940).

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Among WRITERS In Algeria

Among writers born in Algeria, Mouloud Feraoun ranks 13. Before him are Robert Merle (1908), Boualem Sansal (1949), Kateb Yacine (1929), Al-Busiri (1213), Isaac Alfasi (1013), and Mohammed Dib (1920). After him are Yasmina Khadra (1955), Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578), Mouloud Mammeri (1917), Emmanuel Roblès (1914), Tahar Djaout (1954), and Jean Amrouche (1906).

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