I Am a Writer! | Ahmed Zitouni, the Laughter of the Hangman

⚠️ Urgent Information — Flash Radio is following the development of this situation in real time Beyond exile, madness, death and humor, Ahmed Zitouni leaves behind a singular work that this posthumous volume, 'I Am a Writer!', published in 2026 by AssoAZ, the Ahmed Zitouni Association, founded by Françoise Zitouni, the author's wife, and his close friends, following the death of the author in June 2024 at the age of 74, gathers in a hybrid form: archives, interviews, autobiographical texts, synopses of his published books, and the revelation of several unpublished works. A collection that resembles both a retrospective and a final statement. ⏱️ 7 minutes to read Recent facts and developments Djamal Guettala How to classify this book? The question is not secondary. The book refuses the usual categories from the start. It is not a novel, nor a classic biography. 'Given for dead, here is the spur to my resurrection in Algeria' It is a literary testament. After 'Approches', which occupy a large first part and sometimes take the form of a writer's manifesto, come the archives: letters, tributes, and documents dedicated notably to Mohammed Dib and Malek Alloula. Six interviews conducted between 1983 and 2019 allow following the different stages of Zitouni's journey. The last one, titled 'Given for dead, here is the spur to my resurrection in Algeria', revisits this particular relationship between literary disappearance in France and return to the country of origin. The reader then discovers the synopses of his published works, four texts presented as unpublished or posthumous, and, in the last pages, a call to create an association aimed at supporting the memory and dissemination of his work. The book thus resembles a writer who wanted to leave behind not only his texts, but also the elements necessary to read them again.