Mouloud Mammeri was born on December 28, 1917 in Taourirt Mimoune (Ath Yenni), Kabylia, Algeria. He was a writer, known for
L'opium et le bâton (1969),
Morte la Longue Nuit (1979) and
The Forgotten Hill (1997). He died on February 26, 1989 in Ain Defla, Algeria.