The Three Cultures Foundation, in collaboration with the publisher Cabaret Voltaire, will organise a literary event with the writer Rachid Boudjedra, one of Algeria’s most renowned contemporary intellectuals. His prolific literary production showed from the beginning his critical position towards the political, social, literary and humanitarian situation in Algeria. In this event the author will talk about his work with Souad Hadj-Ali, translator into Spanish of his novel ‘The obstinate snail’ (Cabaret Voltaire).
‘Tres con Libros’ book club analysed this book last February. Several sets of copies of this work have been donated to different institutions, such as the Euro-Arab Foundation of Higher Studies (Granada), the ‘Juan Ramón Jiménez’ public library in Sanlúcar la Mayor (Seville) or the ‘Luis Jiménez de Asúa’ Social Inclusion Centre (CIS) in Seville.
The Three Cultures Foundation will also organise a similar event with Rachid Boudjedra at Granada’s Book Fair on April 18th.
Rachid Boudjedra
Writer, poet, narrator, essayist, professor, film creator and scriptwriter, Boudjedra holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of the Sorbonne and a BA in Mathematics. He has also worked as a professor in Algiers, Paris and Rabat.
In 1959 he participated in the armed struggle against the French colonization in Algeria. After being injured, he travelled to Eastern Europe and later to Spain where he was a representative of the National Liberation Front (NLF).
He is one of the most renowned intellectuals in the Maghreb and an outstanding figure in modern world literature. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages.
Organised with the support of Obra Social La Caixa.
