About this Issue
Emmanuel Roblès (1914–1995) was an Algerian-born French novelist and playwright, a close friend of Albert Camus, and one of the most important literary figures of the École d'Alger. Though best known for his novels and plays — above all Montserrat (1948), which was staged worldwide — Roblès also wrote poetry throughout his life, much of it unpublished or difficult to obtain.
This special issue presents a selection of Roblès' poems in English translation for the first time, with facing French originals. The translations are accompanied by a critical introduction examining Roblès' poetic voice, his relationship to the Algerian landscape, and his position within the larger current of Mediterranean humanism that defined his generation.
Also included are critical essays on Roblès' fiction and theater, and reminiscences by writers and scholars who knew him personally, making this issue both a literary document and a tribute to one of Algeria's most unjustly neglected voices.
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