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Rachid Boudjedra Quotes

born 1941 Algeria

Rachid Boudjedra (Arabic: رشيد بوجدرة) (b. 5 September 1941 in Aïn Beïda, Algeria) is an Algerian poet, novelist, playwright and critic. Boudjedra wrote in French from 1965 to 1981, at which point he switched to writing in Arabic, often translating his own works back and forth between the two languages.

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We must find an alternative to the rigid intellectual moulds and ideals that hinder the creative process in the Arab world.

When I write about Algeria, I write about the human being.

My characters are universal and my subjects are linked to a great history that can affect any reader.

I have many ancestors including Ibn Khaldun and other pioneers of our modern history.

I returned to writing in Arabic as, for me, it is simply instinctive.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Rachid Boudjedra (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.