The band The Fall took their name from a 1956 novel by which French-Algerian author?
"The Stranger (Camus novel) L’Étranger (The Outsider [UK], or The Stranger [US]) is a 1942 novel by French author Albert Camus. Its theme and outlook are often cited as examples of Camus's philosophy of the absurd and existentialism, though Camus personally rejected the latter label. The title character is Meursault, an indifferent French Algerian described as ""a citizen of France domiciled in North Africa, a man of the Mediterranean, an ""homme du midi"" yet one who hardly partakes of the traditional Mediterranean culture"". He attends his mother's funeral. A few days later, he kills an Arab man in French Algiers,"
"The Fall (del Toro and Hogan novel) The Fall is a 2010 vampire horror novel by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. It is the second novel in ""The Strain Trilogy"", and was preceded by ""The Strain"" and followed by ""The Night Eternal"". The vampire race is descended from seven vampiric ""Ancient Ones."" A vampire faction led by a renegade Ancient known as the Master instigates the takeover of human civilization. Elderly billionaire Eldritch Palmer, having been promised immortality by the Master, uses his influence to create a news blackout, ensuring that the vampires face little resistance. Abraham Setrakian, an"
"Nedjma Nedjma is a novel by Kateb Yacine published in 1956. It tells the story of four young men (Mustapha, Lakhdar, Rachid, Mourad) who fall in love with Nedjma, daughter of an Algerian and a French woman, during the French colonization of Algeria. It is set in the east of Algeria, with most of the action taking place in the region around Constantine and Annaba (referred to by its French name, Bône, in the text). Although published in 1956, thus during the Algerian War of Independence which began in November 1954, it was largely written between 1947 and 1953, and"
"Moufdi Zakaria Airport in Ghardaïa, Algeria is named in his honour. His name was also given to cultural centre built in 1984. ""Moufdi Zakaria, the Poet of the Revolution,"" by director Said Oulmi, 2012. Moufdi Zakaria Moufdi Zakaria (born Zekri Cheikh; 12 June 1908 – 17 August 1977) was an Algerian activist, poet and writer. He wrote ""Kassaman"", the Algerian national anthem while in prison in 1955. Cheikh Zakaria Ben Slimane Ben Yahia Ben Cheikh Slimane Ben Hadj Aissa was born on 12 June 1908. He was given the nickname of ""Moufdi"" by a school friend. He was born and"
"book, ""It"", won the 2009 Robert Ganzo Prize and the 2009 Alain Bosquet Prize. Franck Venaille Franck Venaille (1936 – 23 August 2018) was a French poet and writer. His poetry is characterized by its expressive power, seeking to bring out the animal side of man, his impulses and anxieties. Born into a Catholic family in the XIth arrondissement of Paris, Franck Venaille was permanently marked by his military service during the Algerian War. This test resurfaces from time to time in his poetry, even in its most recent works. It forms the explicit subject of ""The War of Algeria"""
"by the French for his politics. There he wrote a poem called ""Qassaman"" or ""The Pledge"". It was said that he wrote the poem on the walls of his cell using his own blood because he had neither pencils nor paper to write in the prison. The poem was later set to music by Mohamed Triki in 1956 and then by Mohamed Fawzi. The final song was heard in 1957. This poem became the Algerian national anthem shortly after 5 July 1962 when independence was achieved. Zakaria died in 1977 in Tunisia but his body was buried in Algeria. His"
"backwards to the second world war and the French defeat in Indochina, and forwards to the collapse in 1958 of the Fourth Republic."" Jérôme Ferrari Jérôme Ferrari is a French writer and translator born in 1968 in Paris. He won the 2012 Prix Goncourt for his novel ""Le Sermon sur la chute de Rome"" (""The Sermon on the Fall of Rome""). Ferrari has lived in Corsica and taught philosophy at the ""lycée international Alexandre-Dumas"" in Algiers for several years, then at the Lycée Fesch of Ajaccio. Currently, he is professor of philosophy at the French School of Abu Dhabi. One"
"The Sermon on the Fall of Rome The Sermon on the Fall of Rome () is a novel by the French writer Jérôme Ferrari, published in 2012. The book received the Prix Goncourt in 2012. It was translated to English from the original French by Geoffrey Strachan. The story begins with the manager of a village absconding, leaving behind a number of quarrelling would-be successors. As the story progresses, all of them fall prey to accusations of adultery and insolvency. The situation seems hopeless until Matthieu and Libero, natives of the village, rise to meet the challenge of succeeding the"
"whose background from Senegal added a new element to the band's music. It has become Fortin and the band's most celebrated work, and it won the Félix Award for the Rock Album of the Year. On 8 May 2000, Fortin committed suicide at his apartment. The day before, the Colocs manager Raymond Paquin had received a poem by Fortin. He published it posthumously in ""La Presse."" Several years later, the remaining members of the band recovered a CD with the original song recorded from this poem by Dédé himself; they made their own version, which they released in 2009. Four"
"disposition was not used in 2005). Henri Alleg's book La Question denouncing torture by the French Army during the Algerian war was censored, as well as other similar books and films, such as ""The Battle of Algiers"". Recently, UMP deputy Nadine Morano called on Interior Minister (UMP) Nicolas Sarkozy to censor hip-hop bands, while 200 UMP deputies, led by François Grosdidier, tried without success to censor hip-hop bands. The whole thing started with a song called La France by French hip-hop band Sniper. In 1987 a law repressing inciting suicide was passed, after a best-selling book called ""Suicide, mode d'emploi"""
"Amazigh Kateb Amazigh Kateb (born September 16, 1972 in Staouéli) is an Algerian singer and musician. He emigrated to France in Grenoble in 1988, he was a member of the group Gnawa Diffusion (formed in 1992). He is the son of the famous writer Kateb Yacine, founder of the modern Algerian literature (Nedjma, the circle of reprisals ...). Amazigh also claims Africanism and the mixture of cultures of the Algeria which is neither white nor black. Amazigh Kateb left the band from its beginnings to launch a solo career since 2007, to devote himself more to his personal projects. He"
"The Plague The Plague (French: La Peste) is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. It asks a number of questions relating to the nature of destiny and the human condition. The characters in the book, ranging from doctors to vacationers to fugitives, all help to show the effects the plague has on a populace. The novel is believed to be based on the cholera epidemic that killed a large percentage of Oran's population in 1849 following French colonization, but the novel is placed in"
"Fall"" received an average rating of stars on Goodreads. The Fall (Muchamore novel) The Fall is the seventh novel in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore. In this novel CHERUB agent James Adams is trapped in Russia before being investigated by the MI5, while his sister Lauren faces danger from human traffickers. An MI5 operation goes wrong when two agents working with James try to murder their prime suspect, Denis Obidin, and James is trapped in the fictional Aero City in Russia. James is unable to contact campus and when he attempts to steal a phone he is beaten by"
"Jérôme Ferrari Jérôme Ferrari is a French writer and translator born in 1968 in Paris. He won the 2012 Prix Goncourt for his novel ""Le Sermon sur la chute de Rome"" (""The Sermon on the Fall of Rome""). Ferrari has lived in Corsica and taught philosophy at the ""lycée international Alexandre-Dumas"" in Algiers for several years, then at the Lycée Fesch of Ajaccio. Currently, he is professor of philosophy at the French School of Abu Dhabi. One work has been translated into English, ""Where I Left My Soul"" (2012), it ""is set in the mid-1950s during the Algerian war, looking"
"Century Rain Century Rain is a 2004 noir science fiction alternate history mystery novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds (). Wendell Floyd is an expatriate American living in an alternate version of 1950s Paris. In this world, the Nazi invasion of France failed, and Hitler was deposed by the German High Command. Without World War II, technology in this world has stagnated at 1930s levels, and Fascist political parties have gained power in France. Floyd is a part-time jazz musician whose career has stalled since his ex-girlfriend, Greta, left Paris to pursue a musical career touring with another jazz band."
"are also making a claim of your humanity and thus the right to justice."" In the same interview, when asked what prompted him to write the book, Daoud stressed the centrality of ""The Stranger"" to his identity as an Algerian Francophone writer. In other outlets, Daoud has confirmed the integral role that ""The Stranger"" played in the genesis of ""The Meursault Investigation,"" describing his novel as ""a dialogue with Camus."" Another of Camus's novels, The Fall, is referenced in Daoud's book through the narrative style. After the book was translated into English by John Cullen and published by Other Press"
"his political activities against the French. He did not communicate further with Camus from that day on until Camus' death early 1960. Jean Sénac Jean Sénac (29 November 1926 – 30 August 1973) 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 August 30, 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,"
"Moufdi Zakaria Moufdi Zakaria (born Zekri Cheikh; 12 June 1908 – 17 August 1977) was an Algerian activist, poet and writer. He wrote ""Kassaman"", the Algerian national anthem while in prison in 1955. Cheikh Zakaria Ben Slimane Ben Yahia Ben Cheikh Slimane Ben Hadj Aissa was born on 12 June 1908. He was given the nickname of ""Moufdi"" by a school friend. He was born and attended school in the M'zab region of Algeria. He became associated with Algerian nationalists and served time in prison for his beliefs in 1937 and 1938. In 1955 he was imprisoned in Serkadji prison"
"of Algeria: ""“The Forgotten Hill” ""the years around 1942 and the unrest in the native village with the departure for the country of the “others”; ""“The sleep of the just” ""the experience of the Algerian in the new country and the return, disappointed, and ""“Opium and the stick” ""the war of liberation in a village of the Djurdjura mountains, and finally ""“the Crossing” ""the period after 1962 which finishes on the disenchantment. Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou is named after him. The culture hall in the city of Tizi Ouzou is also named after him. Mouloud Mammeri Mouloud Mammeri ()"
"announced the release of his first album for October 17, 2009. From 2005 to 2010 he participated in the musical documentary Tagnawittude made by Benhamou Rahma El Madani. Amazigh Kateb Amazigh Kateb (born September 16, 1972 in Staouéli) is an Algerian singer and musician. He emigrated to France in Grenoble in 1988, he was a member of the group Gnawa Diffusion (formed in 1992). He is the son of the famous writer Kateb Yacine, founder of the modern Algerian literature (Nedjma, the circle of reprisals ...). Amazigh also claims Africanism and the mixture of cultures of the Algeria which is"
"Jean Sénac Jean Sénac (29 November 1926 – 30 August 1973) 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 August 30, 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. Sénac was an Algerian francophone poet who remained strongly attached to his Algerian nationality despite the French exodus from Algeria in"
"by the Nigerian Television Authority. It starred several established film actors, including Pete Edochie, Nkem Owoh and Sam Loco Efe. In 1999, the American hip-hop band The Roots released their fourth studio album ""Things Fall Apart"" as a tribute to Chinua Achebe's novel. In 2008, a film adaptation of ""Things Fall Apart"" was made by a Nigerian production company with an all-Nigerian cast. Pete Edochie starred as Okonkwo. Things Fall Apart Things Fall Apart is a novel written by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. Published in 1958, its story chronicles pre-colonial life in the south-eastern part of Nigeria and the arrival"
"The Meursault Investigation The Meursault Investigation () is the first novel by Algerian writer and journalist Kamel Daoud. It is a retelling of Albert Camus's 1942 novel, ""The Stranger."" First published in Algeria by Barzakh Editions in October 2013, it was reissued in France by (May 2014). Its publication in France was followed by nominations for many prizes and awards. Meursault, the protagonist of Albert Camus' novel ""The Stranger"" murders a character known only as ""the Arab"", saying, in his trial, that the murder was a meaningless gesture caused by sunstroke or God's absence. Camus left Meursault's victim nameless, but"
"the Algerian Sahara to work on the novel. He later said, ""I wrote in bed in hotels in the desert."" He drew inspiration from personal experience, noting years later that, ""Whatever one writes is in a sense autobiographical, of course. Not factually so, but poetically so."" He titled the novel ""The Sheltering Sky,"" from a song, ""Down Among the Sheltering Palms"", which he had heard every summer as a child. It was first published by John Lehmann in England, in September 1949, after Doubleday rejected the manuscript. Bowles recalled: I sent it out to Doubleday and they refused it. They"
"""Seulement l'amour"" (""Only love""), followed in 2006 by ""Vice versa"", both albums accompanied by extensive touring. 2006 also saw the publishing of his second novel, ""J'ai su dès le premier jour que je la tuerais"" (""I knew from day one I'd kill her""). In 2009 he released his latest album, ""Case départ"" (""Square one""), again followed by a tour, and his third novel, ""Elsa"". Nicolas Peyrac Nicolas Peyrac (born 6 October 1949 in Rennes as Jean-Jacques Tazartez) is a French musician, writer and photographer. Jean-Jacques spent his youth in the small town of Saint-Brice-en-Coglès in Brittany together with his brothers"
"October 17, 1961, massacre were music bands, including, but not only, hip-hop bands such as the famous Suprême NTM (""""les Arabes dans la Seine"""") or politically engaged La Rumeur. Indeed, the Algerian War is not even the subject of a specific chapter in textbook for ""terminales"" Henceforth, Benjamin Stora stated: As Algerians do not appear in an ""indigenous"" condition, and their sub-citizens status, as the history of nationalist movement, is never evoked as their being one of great figures of the resistance, such as Messali Hadj and Ferhat Abbas. They neither emerge nor are being given attention. No one is"
"an editorial adviser in 1949. He retired to Bordeaux, where he died at the age of 93. Jean Cayrol Jean Cayrol (; 6 June 1911 – 10 February 2005) was a French poet, publisher, and member of the Académie Goncourt born in Bordeaux. He is perhaps best known for writing the narration in Alain Resnais's 1955 documentary film, ""Night and Fog"". He was a major contributor to the subversive, philosophical French publication ""Tel Quel"". In 1941, during the Nazi occupation of France, Cayrol joined the French Resistance, but he was subsequently betrayed, arrested, and sent to the Gusen concentration camp"
"Nabile Farès Nabile Farès (25 September 1940 – 30 August 2016) was an Algerian-born French novelist. He was born in Collo, a part of Skikda Province, Algeria. Farès left his studies and prepared (in the camps in Tunisia) to fight against the French towards the end of the war of independence (1960). Later he obtained his doctorate in France, with a dissertation on the role of the Ogre in North African oral literature. His first work is the novel ""Yahia, pas de chance,"" (1970), which evolved from a manuscript Farès carried in a knapsack while on the run in several"
"a certain willful imperial amnesia in both France and Britain. Louisette Ighilahriz Louisette Ighilahriz (born 22 August 1936) is an Algerian writer and a former member of the ""Front de Libération Nationale"" (FLN) who came to widespread attention in 2000 with her story of captivity by the French in 1957-62, becoming in the words of the American journalist Adam Shatz ""a catalyst of a debate about the legacy of the French-Algerian war"". Ighilahriz was born in Oujda to a Berber family and her family moved to Algiers in 1948. Through born in Morocco, the Ighilhriz family originated from the Kabylie"
"The Fall (Muchamore novel) The Fall is the seventh novel in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore. In this novel CHERUB agent James Adams is trapped in Russia before being investigated by the MI5, while his sister Lauren faces danger from human traffickers. An MI5 operation goes wrong when two agents working with James try to murder their prime suspect, Denis Obidin, and James is trapped in the fictional Aero City in Russia. James is unable to contact campus and when he attempts to steal a phone he is beaten by a group of skateboarders. The skateboarders, having heard of"
"Yasmina Khadra Yasmina Khadra (, literally meaning ""green jasmine"") is the pen name of the Algerian author Mohammed Moulessehoul (, born January 10, 1955, in Kénadsa, Béchar Province, Algeria). Moulessehoul, an officer in the Algerian army, adopted his wife's name as a pseudonym to avoid military censorship. Despite the publication of many successful novels in Algeria, Moulessehoul only revealed his true identity in 2001 after leaving the army and going to France. He left the army as a major in 2000. Anonymity was the only way for him to survive and avoid censorship during the Algerian Civil War. In 2004,"
"Chloé Delaume Chloé Delaume (born Nathalie Dalain in 1973) is a French award-winning novelist, performer, musician, and occasional singer. Born in Paris, Delaume spent her childhood in Beirut. In 1983 a tragic episode both changed the course of her life and marked her body of work: at ten years old, she witnessed her father murder her mother, then kill himself. She then lived amongst her grandparents, her uncle and aunt. She is the niece of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. Delaume enrolled at the to become a teacher, just like her mother did. Seemingly disappointed by the university's system, Delaume decided to"
"algeria Like couscous, doulma, chakhchoukha and chtitha. Traditional Algerian dress includes the burnous, qashabiya, kaftan, and djellaba. Modern Algerian literature, split between Arabic and French, has been strongly influenced by the country's recent history. Known poets in modern Algeria are Moufdi Zakaria, Mohammed Al Aid from the middle of the 20th century, and Achour Fenni, Amar Meriech and Azrag Omar in the late 1980s. Famous novelists of the 20th century include Mohammed Dib, Albert Camus, Kateb Yacine, and Ahlam Mosteghanemi, while Assia Djebar is widely translated. Among the important novelists of the 1980s were Rachid Mimouni, later vice-president of Amnesty"