# Aziz Chouaki

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{{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](/source/Algeria). He died in [France](/source/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](/source/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](/source/French_language) teacher, in the Algerian capital. His mother used to read him the stories of [Charles Perrault](/source/Charles_Perrault) in [French](/source/French_language) and [Berber](/source/Berber_languages). Aziz was fond of the [Irish](/source/Irish_people) writer [James Joyce](/source/James_Joyce). In addition, he liked [jazz](/source/jazz) and [rock](/source/Rock_music) music, and sometimes [folk](/source/Folk_music) 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](/source/Algeria) to live in [France](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Michael_Jackson) of [Algeria](/source/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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Category:1951 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Algerian writers
Category:Algerian theatre people
Category:People from Tizi Ouzou Province

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