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Albert Memmi ( Arabic: ألبير ممّي; 15 December 1920 – 22 May 2020) was a French-Tunisian writer and essayist of Tunisian Jewish origins. A prominent intellectual, his nonfiction books and novels explored his complex identity as an anti-imperialist, Zionist, and self-described " Jewish Arab ."
May 18, 2024 · Albert Memmi, French-language Tunisian novelist and author of numerous sociological studies treating the subject of human oppression. His notable books include the autobiographical novel La Statue de sel and the sociological work Portrait du colonise. Learn more about Memmi’s life and career.
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Jun 10, 2020 · Albert Memmi, a leading mid-20th century French intellectual and writer best known for nonfiction books and novels that unraveled his anomalous identity as an ardent anti-imperialist, an...
Jul 4, 2020 · The world lost a giant of 20th French literature and an emblematic figure in contemporary intellectual Jewish thought on 22 May, with the passing of French-Tunisian writer Albert Memmi.
May 30, 2020 · Albert Memmi, a Tunisian-born writer whose novels and sociological studies explored his tangled heritage as a Jewish outsider in a largely Muslim country that was part of France’s colonial...
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Albert Memmi. Beacon Press, 1992. 342 Pages. More than fifty years ago, Albert Memmi published The Pillar of Salt, which is a thinly disguised autobiography of the first two decades of his life.
Jun 9, 2020 · Albert Memmi was a Tunisian-born writer whose novels and sociological studies explored his tangled heritage as a Jewish outsider in a largely Muslim country that was part of France’s...
