Berthe-Sultana Bénichou-Aboulker (l; 16 May 1888 – 19 August 1942) was a Jewish-Algerian poet and playwright who wrote in French. Her play ''

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, reine berbière'' (1933) was the "first work published by a Jewish woman in Algeria".

Life

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. Her husband, Henri Aboulker, was a surgeon and professor; their son,

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was a surgeon and political figure; and their daughter Colette Béatrice Aboulker-Muscat was a renowned

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teacher who received the

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for her role in the Algerian Resistance and, in 1995, was awarded the prestigious

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award.

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External links

''Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker'' Jewish Women's Archive
1888 births 1942 deaths 20th-century Algerian poets Algerian dramatists and playwrights Algerian Jews 20th-century Algerian women writers People from Oran Jews and Judaism in Oran Writers from Algiers Algerian writers in French Jewish women writers Algerian women dramatists and playwrights Jewish dramatists and playwrights Algerian women poets {{Algeria-writer-stub