New poetry book in Tamazight of Ahcène Mariche 'Tazlagt n tikta' (The collar of ideas)
Ahcène Mariche we know well for years now. A Kabyle poet that well deserved his artistic name. He writes in Tamazight, French and even English, what a talent!
He attended the book fair in Tizi-Ouzou with the presentation of three books: 02 in Tamazight and one in English, his poetry CD and audio cassette accompanied with a soothing Kabyle music with six wind instruments.
This is a great opportunity for authors, publishers, booksellers and readers to have such a meeting where are usually new cultural ideas are born. Ahcène is thus met with his fans, friends, readers, authors and publishers.
Future Projects:
• Two books of poetry for publication; one in Tamazight entitled "Tazlagt n tikta", which contains 31 poems in which there are new thesis that deals with new visions and approaches: Si mohand ou mhand , LE BATON, LA TOILE D’AREIGNEE, le balais, la brindille, le cornéo, les crapauds, le tordu et le nullard, le zero. As for the first time, he included a poem of Jule Antoine that he translated from French into Kabyle.
• One in Arabic, which is the translation of his second collection "Taazzult-iw, secrets and memories," which contains 25 poems and translated by Abdelkader Abdi, professor at the University of Tizi-Ouzou. This collection has been translated into French, English as it was also edited to music.
• Record another CD of poetry with music for his poems contained in his third collection "Tiderray (contusions)" published already in Kabyle and French in Algeria and in France in 2009.
• Record two audio CDs of his diverse poetry.
Ahcène participated in three international anthologies in France. He has published three anthologies in France:
- "La plume de pourpre" with 45 poets from 12 countries.
- "La plume d’argent" with 64 poets from 10 countries, and
- "Les paroles de poètes" with 16 poets.
What a talent this young Algerian Kabyle poet he is! Algeria needs people like Ahcène, which are counted in thousands and even millions say, some made it through, some didn’t.
Who is Ahcène Mariche (Hsen Maric)
Leaving a word or two for Ahcène will be a great encouragement in his carrier.