The fragmentation of identity and the crisis of belonging according to Jean Senec

Abstract

This article aims to shed light on an aspect of the life of a Pieds-Noirs writer born in Algeria and who defended his belonging to this country until the last day of his life. This defense was artistic and legal. He wrote poems and articles in which he directly declared his Algerian belonging. Although he did not obtain legal Algerian nationality.

However, he remained loyal to the cause of this country during the liberation revolution and even after independence. He did not hesitate to lodge official complaints with the competent authorities after independence, he corresponded with those he knew during the struggle and who became influential men in the state after the revolution.

 Despite the obstacles of language and the difference in religion and perhaps even race, but he wanted to prove identity through other aspects such as place of birth and through the encouragement of poets and writers of Algerian origin.

The subject he has disseminated in his poems and writings in general. It is the poet and writer "Jean Senac (1926-1973) whose stages of his life we have tried to retrace, where he revolted for the recognition of his right to belong to this country, trying to present some testimonies of the sacrifices he made towards Algeria and the victory of his cause, this is how we have referred to some of his writings and official correspondence and we have explained them and Analyzed.