Antoine de Rivarol was a Royalist French writer and translator who lived during the Revolutionary era. He was briefly married to the translator Louisa Henrietta de Rivarol.
Shawiya, or Shawiya Berber, also spelt Chaouïa, is a Zenati Berber language spoken in Algeria by the Shawiya people. The language's primary speech area is the Awras Mountains in Eastern Algeria and the surrounding areas, including parts of Western Tunisia, including Batna, Khenchela, Sétif, Oum El Bouaghi, Souk Ahras, Tébessa and the northern part of Biskra. It is closely related to the Shenwa language of Central Algeria.
The Chaoui people or Shawia are an Amazigh (Berber) ethnic group native to the Aurès region in northeastern Algeria which spans Batna and Khenchla, Oum El Bouaghi provinces located in and surrounded by the Aurès Mountains.
Abdelkebir Khatibi was a prolific Moroccan literary critic, novelist, philosopher, playwright, poet, and sociologist. Affected in his late twenties by the rebellious spirit of 1960s counterculture, he challenged in his writings the social and political norms upon which the countries of the Maghreb region were constructed. His collection of essays Maghreb pluriel is one of his most notable works.
Fatima Gallaire, née Bourega, was a Franco-Algerian playwright and author of short stories, who wrote in French. Born in Algeria, she held a degree in French literature from the University of Algiers, and one in cinema from Paris 8 University. She has written over twenty plays, many of which have been translated and performed in languages including English, Italian, German, Spanish and Uzbek. These include Princesses, translated as You have come back, and Les Co-épouses, translated as House of Wives. She received the Arletty Prize for Drama in 1990 and the Académie française AMIC award in 1994.
Salim Jay is a Franco-Moroccan novelist, essayist and literary critic living in France. He has written about 20 books, numerous essays and more than thousand newspaper articles.
Jean Sénac was an Algerian author. Born of an unknown father in Béni Saf in the Oran region of Algeria, the "poet who signed with a sun" was murdered in Algiers on 30 August 1973. His murder remains unsolved. Besides his poems and writings, he was renowned for a long-running relationship and correspondences with Albert Camus. A portion of his papers are stored at the City Archives in Marseille, France.
Marcel Samuel Raphaël Cohen was a French linguist. He was an important scholar of Semitic languages and especially of Ethiopian languages. He studied the French language and contributed much to general linguistics.
Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau is an Argentine-born French author, born in Argentina in 1964.
Mohamed Bencheneb was an Algerian professor, writer and historian.
Mustapha Haciane, also spelt as Mustafa Haciane, is an Algerian novelist, playwright, and poet. His publications often tackle social issues.
The 2012–13 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 51st season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with ES Sétif as the defending champions. The league beain on September 8, 2012.
Noureddine Aba was an Algerian poet and playwright. His work mainly focuses on political themes, such as the Algerian revolution, the Arab–Israeli conflict and Nazi Germany. In 1990, he established the Fondation Noureddine Aba, which continues to present the annual Noureddine Aba Prize to Algerian writers.
Rabah Belamri was an Algerian writer.
Arezki Metref, is an Algerian writer, poet and journalist.
Ug Zelmad, or Messaoud Ben Zelmat, presumed birth in 1894 in Tkoutt and died in 1921, was considered from 1917 to 1921 by the French authorities as a bandit of honor, and by the population of Aurès as a hero.
Djamila Debèche, sometimes written Debêche or Debbeche, was French-Algerian feminist writer. She was a pioneering journalist and novelist in Algeria, where she was one of the first women writers of the French colonial period.
Ahmed Mahsas was an Algerian militant in the nationalist movement against French Algeria.
