Mouloud Achour

Mouloud Achour (Arabic: مولود عاشور) (19 March 1944 – 24 December 2020) was an Algerian writer, professor, and journalist.[1][2]

This article is about Achour. For other uses, see Achour (disambiguation).

Mouloud Achour
مولود عاشور
Achour in 2012
Born19 March 1944
Timizart, French Algeria
Died24 December 2020(2020-12-24) (aged 76)
NationalityAlgerian
Occupation(s)Writer
Professor
Journalist

Biography

Achour served as a member and then chairman of the executive council of the Public Establishment of Television.[3] He also directed the cabinet for the Ministry of Communications.[4] He served as editorial director of Casbah Éditions in Algiers, and was responsible for overseeing books published in Algeria in 2003.[5]

Mouloud Achour died on 24 December 2020, at the age of 76 from COVID-19.[6][7]

Publications
  • Le Survivant et autres nouvelles (1971)
  • Héliotropes (1973)
  • Les Dernières Vendanges (1975)
  • Jours de tourments (1983)
  • Farès Boukhatem : rétrospective (1989)
  • À perte de mots (1996)
  • Algériens-Français : bientôt finis les enfantillages ? (2003)
  • Le Vent du nord (2004)
  • Juste derrière l'horizon (2005)
  • Le Retour au silence (2011)
  • Les dernières vendanges - Récit et nouvelles (2013)
  • Un automne au soleil - Textes libres (2016)

References
  1. Achour, Cheurfi (2003). Écrivains algériens : Dictionnaire bibliographique (in French). Algiers: Casbah Éditions. ISBN 9961-64-398-4.
  2. "Mouloud Achour, le gardien des mots perdus" (PDF). Algérie Littérature/Action (in French). April 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. "Ecriture du scénario : Un métier à part". El Moudjahid (in French). 19 January 2009. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009.
  4. "Décret exécutif du 24 novembre 1991 portant nomination du directeur de cabinet du ministre de la communication" (PDF). Journal officiel de la République algérienne (in French). 25 November 1991.
  5. "Nous ne sommes pas perdants" (PDF). Confluences Méditerranée (in French). 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2013.
  6. "Hommage à Mouloud Achour : maintenant que tu n'es plus là". TSA (in French). 25 December 2020.
  7. "L'Écrivain et journaliste Mouloud Achour Succombe au Covid-19". 24 December 2020.
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