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An Algerian writer who wrote novels, theater and poetry, and worked in the press. He gained Arab and international fame. He was called the “Prophet of Disobedience” and “The Rebellious Revolutionary.”
Kateb Yassin, whose real name was (Muhammad Khalouti), was born on August 6, 1929 in the municipality of Zighoud Youssef, Constantine Province, the capital of eastern Algeria.
Yassin frequented the Qur’anic school in the Constantine city mosque, but soon after he joined the French school in the state of Setif, where he continued his education until May 8, 1945, the day the French colonialists committed horrific massacres against the Algerian people, which claimed the lives of - according to some accounts - more than 45 A thousand martyrs. Because of his participation in these demonstrations, he was arrested five days after their launch and imprisoned, an incident that caused his father to suffer psychological distress because he believed that his son had died in the demonstrations.
And from behind bars, a year later, he issued his first collection of poetry, titled "Monologues," to use his pen after that to serve his country and oppose French colonialism.
He immigrated to France in 1947, and in Paris, where he settled, he met a group of Algerian activists and intellectuals, and he used to participate with them in revitalizing intellectual and literary circles, but he decided to return to Algeria in 1970, to settle in the city of Sidi Bel Abbas in western Algeria.
In 1949, accompanied by Albert Camus, he founded the Algiers Republic newspaper, which he made a platform against the French colonization of Algeria. During the years of the Algerian war, he visited many countries, and wrote an investigation on the pilgrimage for the French magazine "Express".
During his stay in Tunisia, which lasted four years, he published several articles in the magazine Jeune Afrique. He worked as director of the regional theater in the city of Sidi Baalbes, west of Algiers.
He is considered one of the most controversial writers in the history of contemporary Algerian literature, as he was a free thinker on the theoretical level and through his literary works.
He used his pen during the revolution to combat colonialism and was imprisoned because of his revolutionary stances rebellious against colonialism.
Immediately after independence, he was affected by the frustration that afflicted Algerian intellectuals during that period because of the marginalization they were subjected to, which caused his isolation and prevented him from writing for a period, until some thought that he had completely stopped writing.
During his move to stability in the state of Sidi Bel Abbes, he was busy in parallel with his work on the stage by writing articles criticizing manifestations of corruption in the Algerian regime and religious extremism.
He wrote his works in French, but he was forced to do so, and he explained this by saying, "I write in French to tell the French that I am not French," and he saw the French language as a spoil of war.
During his career, he presented many fictional works, the most important of which was "Najma", which he wrote when he was only 28 years old. Najma is the name of the woman he loved, but she was married to another man. Critics classify this novel as a separating type, i.e. the work that creates a break between previous and subsequent literary production. It is a novel that chronicles and monitors the Algerian struggle, which he published in 1956. It was originally a poem entitled "Najma and the Knife".
The novel created a literary and media event, was translated into several international languages, and became a reference text in the most prestigious international universities.
He was not satisfied with the novel, but delved into poetry and theatre. About this experience, he says, "When I was writing novels or poetry, I felt deprived because I only reached a few thousand French speakers, while we reached through the theater millions of viewers within five years."
Death
Kateb Yassin died on October 29, 1989 in a hospital in the French city of Grenoble during his treatment for cancer. His body was transferred and buried in Algeria.