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His own struggles were strongly linked with his quest to better
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Algerian francophone poet who remained strongly attached to his Algerian nationality despite the French exodus from Algeria in the aftermath of the war of liberation. His poems were largely songs of revolution, which he hoped would help create a world of beauty and brotherhood in an
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In April 1958 he broke relations with Albert Camus on a sour note blaming him for not supporting the plight of an
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on 30 August 1973. His murder remains unsolved. Besides his poems and writings, he was renowned for a long-running relationship and correspondences with
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that lasted from 1947 to 1958. The contents of the letters remain mostly unknown, although
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Le Soleil fraternel, Jean Sénac et la nouvelle poésie algérienne d'expression française
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Anthologie de la nouvelle poésie algérienne, essai et choix de Jean Sénac
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Les deux Jean; Jean Sénac, l'homme soleil, Jean Pélégri, l'homme caillou
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wrote. Sénac was a great admirer of the work of such poets as
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