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| Born | (1954-01-11)11 January 1954 |
| Died | 2 June 1993(1993-06-02) (aged 39) |
| Occupation | Journalist, poet |
| Language | French language |
| Nationality | Algerian |
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Tahar Djaout (11 January 1954 – 2 June 1993) was an Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer. He was assassinated in 1993 by theArmed Islamic Group.
He was born in 1954 inOulkhou, a village in theKabylie region. After university he worked as a journalist forAlgérie Actualité, and by the late 1980s, he became one of Algeria's foremost literary talents.[1]
He was assassinated by theArmed Islamic Group because of his support ofsecularism and opposition to what he considered fanaticism. He was attacked on 26 May 1993 as he was leaving his home inAlgiers, Algeria. He died on 2 June, after lying in a coma for a week. One of his attackers professed that he was murdered because he "wielded a fearsome pen that could have an effect on Islamic sectors."[2]
After his death the BBC made a documentary about him entitled 'Shooting the Writer', introduced bySalman Rushdie.[3]
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