Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker

Berthe-Sultana Bénichou-Aboulker (Arabic: بيرت بينيشو أبولكيرl; 16 May 1888 – 19 August 1942) was a Jewish-Algerian poet and playwright who wrote in French. Her play La Kahena, reine berbière (1933) was the "first work published by a Jewish woman in Algeria".[1]

Berthe-Sultana Bénichou-Aboulker
Early portrait of Bénichou-Aboulker
Early portrait of Bénichou-Aboulker
Born(1888-05-16)16 May 1888
Oran, Algeria
Died19 August 1942(1942-08-19) (aged 54)
Algiers, Algeria
GenrePoetry,
Drama
Notable worksLa Kahena, reine berbière
SpouseHenri Aboulker
ChildrenJosé Aboulker, Colette Aboulker-Muscat, Marcelle Lasry

Life

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She was the daughter of Adélaïde Azoubib (poet and prose writer) and her second husband, Mardochée Bénichou. She had at least one sibling, a brother, Raymond Benichou.[2] Her husband, Henri Aboulker, was a surgeon and professor; their son, José Aboulker was a surgeon and political figure;[3] and their daughter Colette Béatrice Aboulker-Muscat was a renowned Kabbalah teacher who received the Croix de Guerre for her role in the Algerian Resistance and, in 1995, was awarded the prestigious Yakir Yerushalayim award.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Sartori & Cottenet-Hage 2006, p. 264.
  2. ^ Assan 2012, p. 156.
  3. ^ Yehezkiel 2003, pp. 26, 127, 141.
  4. ^ Bitton, Michele (31 December 1999). "Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker". Jewish Women's Archive. Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

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