Mohamed Sehaba

Biography

Mohamed Sehaba was born in 1952 in Oran, Algeria. He authored several poetry collections in Algeria and Paris, including Remparts, Chronique du Silence, and Les Chants de l'amant Oranais (Songs from the Oranais Lover), which explores themes of abandonment and (dis)possession of nation and language, the power of names and naming, and the tensions inherent in different possible paths forward for Algeria and its people. He worked as a cultural journalist for many years and lives in Oran.

Birth Date

1952-01-01

Place of Birth

Country of Nationality

Algeria

Sources

Schutter, Yolande G. "Translations of Mohamed Sehaba." Living in Languages, vol. 1, article 7, 2021, https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/liljournal/vol1/iss1/7. Accessed 10 August 2022.
 
"Sehaba, Mohamed." WorldCat Identities, http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85364376/. Accessed 10 August 2022.