{{Short description|Algerian writer (1951–2019)}} {{Infobox person | name = Aziz Chouaki |image = Aziz Chouaki.jpg | birth_date = 1951 | birth_place = Tizi Rashed, Algeria | death_date = 2019 | death_place = France | spouse = Nasrin Chouaki }}

'''Aziz Chouaki''' (Arabic: عزيز شواكي) was born in 1951 in Tizi Rached,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aziz Chouaki|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159308/|access-date=2021-11-24|website=IMDb}}</ref> Algeria. He died in France, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-10 |title=L'écrivain algérien Aziz Chouaki est mort |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2019/04/17/l-ecrivain-algerien-aziz-chouaki-est-mort_5451652_3246.html |access-date=2021-11-24 |website= Le Monde|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410223715/https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2019/04/17/l-ecrivain-algerien-aziz-chouaki-est-mort_5451652_3246.html |archive-date=10 April 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a writer and playwright known for his somewhat daring political and literary views. His literary works include the novel ''Baya- Algerian Rapsodia'' which was published in 1988, and the play ''Oranges'', which was published in 1997. In the play, he documented the Algerian history from 1990 to 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|last=الاتحاد|first=صحيفة|date=2019-04-18|title=عزيز شواكي.. الرحيل الأخير|url=https://www.alittihad.ae/article/24076/2019/عزيز-شواكي-الرحيل-الأخير|access-date=2021-11-24|website=صحيفة الاتحاد|language=ar-AR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Aziz Chouaki : biographie, actualités et émissions France Culture|url=https://www.franceculture.fr/personne-aziz-chouaki.html|access-date=2021-11-24|website=France Culture|language=fr}}</ref>

== Early life and education == Aziz lived with his mother, who is a French teacher, in the Algerian capital. His mother used to read him the stories of Charles Perrault in French and Berber. Aziz was fond of the Irish writer James Joyce. In addition, he liked jazz and rock music, and sometimes folk music, which he used to listen to in Algerian concerts.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chaulet Achour|first=Christiane|date=2006-09-30|title=Aziz Chouaki : entre heritage et dispersion. le contemporain metis|url=https://journals.openedition.org/insaniyat/3454|journal=Insaniyat / إنسانيات. Revue algérienne d'anthropologie et de sciences sociales|language=fr|issue=32–33|pages=141–154|doi=10.4000/insaniyat.3454|issn=1111-2050|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-17|title=Décès d'Aziz Chouaki, dramaturge franco-algérien|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/theatre/deces-d-aziz-chouaki-dramaturge-franco-algerien-20190417|access-date=2021-11-24|website=LEFIGARO|language=fr}}</ref>

In 1991, Aziz was forced to leave Algeria to live in France due to the civil war, especially after some ‘extremists’ placed him on the assassination list.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-11 |title=المشاركة الفرنسية بالصالون الدولي للكتاب بالجزائر العاصمة - La France en Algérie |url=https://dz.ambafrance.org/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9 |access-date=2021-11-24 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611041218/https://dz.ambafrance.org/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9 |archive-date=11 June 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Aziz Chouaki (auteur de L'étoile d'Alger)|url=https://www.babelio.com/auteur/Aziz-Chouaki/30701|access-date=2021-11-24|website=Babelio|language=fr}}</ref>

== Career == Aziz published his first novel ''Baya- Algerian Rapsodia'' in 1988, which was republished in Paris 30 years later by Bleu Autour publications. He used a very sharp style in this novel to a level that some critics described as "weird". He wrote this novel the way youngsters talk in the capital slums.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-21|title=فيلم "تيمقاد".. إعادة حكاية الذاكرة الجزائرية|url=http://www.noonpost.com/content/17186|access-date=2021-11-24|website=نون بوست|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Algérie : disparition d'Aziz Chouaki, l'écrivain en " exil littéraire " – Jeune Afrique|url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/766828/culture/algerie-disparition-daziz-chouaki-lecrivain-en-exil-litteraire/|access-date=2021-11-24|website=JeuneAfrique.com|language=fr-FR}}</ref>

Aziz published ''Oranges'' in 1997. According to some critics, ''Oranges'' made a significant mark in the history of Francophone theatre. In 2011, he published ''The Star of Algiers'', which was translated into several languages. The hero of this novel is Moussa Massy, who dreamed of being the Michael Jackson of Algeria before he became an extremist.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-06-04|title=Aziz Chouaki|url=https://www.fayard.fr/auteurs/aziz-chouaki|access-date=2021-11-24|website=www.fayard.fr|language=fr}}</ref>

== Opinions == While he was writing his autobiography, he supported the Algerian protests that erupted on February 22, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mahmoud.Munir|title=فرنسا 2019: فرجة المعارض والجوائز|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7-2019-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B6-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B2|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-24|website=alaraby|language=ar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804232807/https://www.alaraby.co.uk/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7-2019-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B6-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B2 |archive-date=2020-08-04 }}</ref>

== Works == Some of his notable works:<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-11|title=L'écrivain Aziz Chouaki est mort {{!}} Livres Hebdo|url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/lecrivain-aziz-chouaki-est-mort|access-date=2021-11-24|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611031603/https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/lecrivain-aziz-chouaki-est-mort|archive-date=2021-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Aziz Chouaki pour "Les Coloniaux" - theatre-contemporain.net|url=https://www.theatre-contemporain.net/video/Aziz-Chouaki-pour-Les-Coloniaux|publisher=theatre-contemporain.net|language=fr|access-date=2021-11-24}}</ref>

* ''Baya- Algerian Rapsodia'' (novel) * ''Oranges'' (play) * ''The Star of Algiers'' (novel)

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