Mohamed Lakhdar Essaihi

Mohamed Lakhdar Essaihi (October 1918 - July 11th, 2005 with Algiers) is the father of the anecdote in the Algerian culture, at the sides of Othmane Bouguettaia, by animating cultural and entertaining emissions with the National radio of which Alouane ( Couleurs ) and Namadhidj ( Modèles ).

Biography

It is born in October 1918 in the village from El-Combined, will daira of Hdjira (Touggourt, W. Ouargla). He learned the Coran thanks to the chouyoukh from his village, of which Mohamed Ben Ezzaoui and Belkacem Chethouna. He teaches it thereafter with the children of his village lasting more than two years. Enthusiast of knowing, it goes to Guerara to become, two years during, the disciple of the sheik Bayoudh. In 1935, It leaves Algeria in direction of Tunis to continue its studies up to 1939 with the Université Zitouna. Continued by the colonial authorities, it returns to Touggourt, where it is, as of its descent of train, imprisoned during several weeks.

During the Second world war, it tries to leave the area, but the French colonial authorities renew it.

In Touggourt, it creates with a group of young people the association of dramatic arts El-Amal ( Espoir ), as well as a group of Scout S and El-Falah school, which trained several students who continued their studies at the Zeitouna University and became then teachers and men of letters. It also founded the Ennadjah school in the village of Tamassine, as another school in the village Beldat Omar where the mausoleum of the ancestor of arch Ouled Essaih is.

In 1952, it leaves Batna, where it taught some time, to go to Algiers. It joined the National radio as a producer, in addition to the exercise of the occupation of teacher in several of Algiers schools, of which the College of Kouba (Hassiba Ben Bouali currently) and the Essaada school in Belcourt. It stops the radiophonic production until Independence.

After Independence, it takes again the radiophonic production and it continues to teach in the colleges Ibn Khaldoun and Ethaâlibia until its retirement in November 1980.

The poet Mohamed Lakhdar Essaihi, who published his production in several newspapers and magazines Tunisian and Algerian, left behind him a heritage of several works:

Hamassat wa Sarakhat, published by the publisher Al Djazairia (1967)
Djamr wa Ramad, published by the Arab house of the book in Tunisia (1980)
Alouane bila talouine, published by the National company of edition and distribution (1976).

This last work gathers the anecdotes which he told in his radiophonic program Alouane, then Namadhidj. This book which was a great success was republished four times.

Collection for children, published by the House of the book of Algiers (1983)
Islamiat, published by the National company of the book (1984).

The late one was among the founding members of the Union of the Algerian writers created in 1964. It occupied the position of secretary general associated with the third congress (March 1981). It received several distinctions, of which a certificate of merit given by the President of the Republic.

External bonds

On the person
Embassy from Algeria to Ottawa

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