Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker
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Berthe-Sultana Bénichou-Aboulker | |
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 Early portrait of Bénichou-Aboulker | |
| Born | 16 May 1888 Oran, Algeria |
| Died | 19 August 1942 (aged 54) Algiers, Algeria |
| Genre | Poetry, Drama |
| Notable works | La Kahena, reine berbière |
| Spouse | Henri Aboulker |
| Children | José Aboulker, Colette Aboulker-Muscat, Marcelle Lasry |
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]
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]
