Kateb yacine biography examples
Biography examples for students!
Kateb Yacine
Algerian writer (1929–1989)
Kateb Yacine (Arabic pronunciation:[kæːtbjæːsiːn]; 2 August 1929 or 6 August 1929 – 28 October 1989) was an Algerian writer notable for his novels and plays, both in French and Algerian Arabic, and his advocacy of the Berber cause.
Kateb yacine biography examples
Biography
Kateb Yacine was officially born in 6 August 1929 in Constantine, though it is likely that his birth occurred four days earlier.[1] Although his birth name is Yacine Kateb, he once[when?] said that he was so used to hearing his teachers calling out names with the last name first that he adopted Kateb Yacine as a pen name.
He was born into a scholarly marabouticChaouiBerber family from the modern Sedrata, in wilaya of Souk Ahras (in the Aurès region).[2] His maternal grandfather was the 'bach adel', or deputy judge of the qadi in Condé Smendou (Zirout Youcef).
His father was a lawyer, and the family followed him through his various assignments