Jean Amrouche

Jean el Mouhoub Amrouche (; 7 February 1906 in Ighil Ali, French Algeria – 16 April 1962 in Paris, France) was an Algerian francophone writer, poet and journalist.

Biography Jean el Mouhoub Amrouche was born February 7, 1906, in Ighil Ali, in the valley of Soumman, in petite Kabylie to a Kabyle family that had converted to Roman Catholicism. Amrouche emigrated with his family to Tunisia while still young. He was the older brother of fellow writer Taos Amrouche. Both were the children of Fadhma Aït Mansour, author of History of My Life.

He died on 16 April 1962 at his home in Paris; he is buried in Sargé-sur-Braye in Loir-et-Cher.

Selected works Chants Berbères de Kabylie, 1939 Etoile Secrète, 1937 Cendres : poèmes, 1928–1934, 1934