Occupation Journalist, poet Nationality Algerian | Name Tahar Djaout Role Journalist | |
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Books Les chercheurs d'os, The Last Summer of Reason | ||
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Tahar Djaout (January 11, 1954 – May 26, 1993) was an Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer. He was assassinated in 1993 by the Armed Islamic Group.
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- Early life
- Assassination
- Work
- References
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Early life
He was born in Oulkhou, in the relatively secular Kabylie region.
Assassination
He was assassinated by the Armed Islamic Group because of his support of secularism and opposition to what he considered fanaticism. He was attacked on May 26, 1993, as he was leaving his home in Algiers, Algeria. He died on June 2, after lying in a coma for a week. One of his attackers professed that he was murdered because he "wielded a fearsome pen that could have an effect on Islamic sectors."
After his death the BBC made a documentary about him entitled 'Shooting the Writer', introduced by Salman Rushdie.
Work
References
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