Habib Tengour

Habib Tengour (born March 29, 1947) is a French-Algerian poet, sociologist and anthropologist. He was born in Mostaganem in eastern French Algeria in 1947. Quotes Algeria the Fortunate setting itself free The father’s house is a living language Open to guests passing through The world is not a film set For me, play is a very important element of writing. It is essential to enjoy the act of reading a text. Playing with words creates a distance with subjectivity. The gravity of the subject matter is reinforced by the apparent lightness of the form. It has only become deeper. Don’t forget that I was educated in the colonial era when Arabic was not taught. I ‘suffered’ through the French Jacobin Republican school, where only the French language was permitted. As a child, I memorized verses of the Quran, without understanding them. Quranic school helped me to acquire the rhythm and sounds of the language. It was only by taking an interest in the North African oral tradition and the mu’allaqat, which cradled my childhood, by being immersed into the different North African dialects, and then later by meeting poets from the Near East, that my grasp of the Arabic language improved. I dream of being able to organise an international poetry festival in Algeria. The freedom to describe in public what shakes one’s being. External links Category:1947 births Category:Poets from Algeria Category:Poets from France Category:Living people