Albert Camus, Jean Senac, or the rebel son / Hamid Nacer-Khodja ; translated by Kai Krienke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nacer-Khodja, Hamid, author.

Contributor:

Krienke, Kai, translator.

Series:

African humanities and the arts.

African humanities and the arts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sénac, Jean, 1926-1973--Friends and associates.

Sénac, Jean.

Sénac, Jean, 1926-1973--Correspondence.

Camus, Albert, 1913-1960--Friends and associates.

Camus, Albert.

Camus, Albert, 1913-1960--Correspondence.

Authors, Algerian--20th century--Biography.

Authors, Algerian.

Authors, French--20th century--Biography.

Authors, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2018.

Summary:

While Albert Camus is an internationally acclaimed figure, Jean Sénac has struggled to gain recognition, even in France and Algeria. The correspondence between the Nobel Prize recipient and the young poet, documented in this illuminating collection, is a testimony to a little-known friendship that lasted for over a decade (1947-1958) and coincided with the escalating conflict between France and Algeria. Their letters shed light on a passionate conflict that opposed two men on two sides of the Algerian War. On one side, Camus distanced himself from an Algerian insurrection that was becoming increasingly violent. On the other, Sénac espoused the armed insurrection of the National Liberation Front and Algeria's right to independence and freedom. The exchange between Sénac and Camus allows for a deeper and more personal understanding of the Algerian conflict, and of the crucial role of writers, poets, and thinkers in the midst of a fratricidal colonial conflict. The letters translated here are also the intimate dialog between two men who had much in common and who shared a deep love for each other and for their homeland.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword by Guy Dugas

Preface by the Translator

Introduction

Part I. From a Literary Father to an Impossible Father (1947-1954)

Chapter 1. Birth of a Friendship

Chapter 2. Algerianism or École d'Alger

Chapter 3. The Son Faces the Father

Chapter 4. Towards a Political Literature

Part II. Literature between Rebellion and Revolution (1954-1958)

Chapter 5. November 1954: The "Just" Fight or Terrorism?

Chapter 6. The Civil Truce

Chapter 7. From a Literature of Combat to the Nobel Prize

Chapter 8. Sénac, Reader of Camus

Conclusion

Part III. Correspondence and Radio Shows

Jean Sénac and Albert Camus's Correspondence

Two Shows from Radio Algeria, Produced by Jean Sénac

Notes

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62895-362-4

1-60917-596-4

OCLC:

1096536479