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Mouloud Feraoun
Tizi Hibel, Algeria
Archival Overview
Beloved Kabyle Algerian novelist and educator who captured the dignity, poverty, and soul of Berber mountain life in 'The Poor Man's Son' (Le Fils du pauvre), murdered alongside five educator colleagues by the fascist OAS.
Biographical Record
Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962) was born in the impoverished mountain village of Tizi Hibel in Greater Kabylia. Through extraordinary scholastic brilliance, he overcame extreme hardship to graduate from the École Normale of Bouzaréah, returning to teach in rural Kabyle village schools.
In 1950, Feraoun published Le Fils du pauvre (The Poor Man's Son), a tender and luminous autobiographical masterpiece that introduced the world to the customs, struggles, and stoic dignity of the Kabyle peasant. On March 15, 1962, just four days before the official Evian ceasefire ending the war, an OAS terror commando invaded his education center at El Biar, lining Feraoun and five fellow inspectors against a wall and gunning them down.
Key Life Milestones
Publication of Le Fils du pauvre
Published the foundational autobiographical novel capturing Berber mountain traditions and resilience.
The Massacre of the Château Royal
Assassinated by OAS death squads alongside the inspectors of Social Centers, dying four days before peace.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialTizi Hibel (Tizi Ouzou), Algeria