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((short description|Algerian writer and singer (1913–1976)))
((More citations needed|date=December 2013))
((Infobox musical artist 
| name = Taos Amrouche
| image = The house where Taos Amrouche lived in Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire, France.jpg
| caption = Taos Amrouche's house in Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire, France
| background = solo_singer
| alias = Marie-Louise-Taos Amrouche
| birth_date = ((birth date|df=y|1913|03|04))
| birth_place = [[Tunis]], Tunisia
| death_date = ((death date and age|df=y|1976|04|02|1913|03|04))
| death_place = [[Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire]], France
| genre = Kabyle
| occupation = Singer, writer
| instrument = vocals
| years_active = 1967–1976
))

'''Marie-Louise-Taos Amrouche''' (born 4 March 1913 in [[Tunis]], [[Tunisia]]; died 2 April 1976 in [[Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire]], France) was an Algerian writer and singer.<ref name="Gikandi 2003">((cite book
| last        = Gikandi
| first       = Simon
| authorlink  = Simon Gikandi
| title       = Encyclopedia of African Literature
| publisher   = [[Taylor & Francis]]
| year        = 2003
| isbn        = 978-1-134-58223-5
| url         = https://books.google.com/books?id=hKmCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA31
| access-date = 28 November 2018
| pages       = 31–32
))</ref> In 1947, she became the first Algerian woman to publish a novel.<ref name="Ilahiane" />

== Biography ==
She was born to a family of [[Kabyle people|Kabyle]] [[Roman Catholic]] converts, the only daughter in a family of six sons.<ref name="Britannica">[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/21866/Marguerite-Taos-Amrouche "Marguerite Taos Amrouche"], ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref> Her family had moved to Tunisia to escape persecution after their conversion in Algeria.<ref name="Britannica" />

[[File:The tomb of Taos Amrouche at the Cemetery, Saint-Michel l'Observatoire, France.jpg|thumb|The grave of Taos Amrouche in the Cemetery, Saint-Michel l'Observatoire.]]

Her mother [[Fadhma Aït Mansour]], who was a famous Kabyle singer,<ref>[http://library.osu.edu/literary-map-of-africa/authors/amrouche-marguerite-taos "Amrouche, Marguerite Taos (Algeria)", Literary Map of Africa], University Libraries, Ohio State University.</ref> had a great impact on her life, and her literary style would reflect the oral traditions of the [[Kabylie]] Berber people of her mother's heritage.<ref name="Britannica" /> Amrouche received her elementary and secondary education in Tunis,<ref name="Ilahiane">[https://books.google.com/books?id=0E8qp_k515oC&dq=Marguerite+Taos+Amrouche+biography&pg=PA120 "Taos-Amrouche, Marguerite (Marie-Louise)", in Hsain Ilahiane, ''Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen)''], Scarecrow Press, 2006, p. 120.</ref> and in 1935 went to France for studies at the École Normale at [[Sèvres]].<ref name="Britannica" /> From 1936, in collaboration with her elder brother [[Jean Amrouche]] and her mother, Amrouche collected and began to interpret Kabyle songs.<ref name="Britannica" /> In 1939, at the Congrès de Chant de Fès, she received a scholarship to study at the Casa Velasquez in Spain, where she researched the ties between Berber and Spanish popular songs.<ref name="Britannica" />

Her autobiographical first novel, ''Jacinthe noir'', was published in 1947 and is one of the earliest ever published in French by a North African woman writer. With her compilation of tales and poems ''La Grain magique'' in 1966, she took the ''nom de plume'' '''Marguerite-Taos''', Marguerite being her mother's [[Christian name]].

While she wrote in French, she sang in [[Kabyle language|Kabyle]]. Her first album ''Chants berbères de Kabylie'' (1967), which was a great success, was a collection of traditional Kabyle songs that had been translated into French by her brother Jean. She recorded several other albums, including ''Chants sauvés de l’oubli'' ("Songs Saved from Oblivion"), ''Hommage au chant profond'' ("Homage to a Profound Song"),<ref name="Britannica" /> ''Incantations, méditations et danses sacrées berbères'' (1974), and ''Chants berbères de la meule et du berceau'' (1975).<ref name="Ilahiane" />

She was an activist in [[Berber people|Berber]] issues and was among the founders of [[Académie berbère]] in 1966.<ref name=":0">((Cite book |last=Aïtel |first=Fazia |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/895334326 |title=We are Imazigen : the development of Algerian Berber identity in twentieth-century literature and culture |date=2014 |isbn=978-0-8130-4895-6 |location=Gainesville, FL |pages=115–116 |oclc=895334326))</ref>

She died in Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire in France.<ref name="Ilahiane" />

==Tributes==

On 4 March 2024, Google celebrated Taos Amrouche’s 111th Birthday with a doodle.<ref>((Cite web |last=Desk |first=OV Digital |date=2024-03-07 |title=Taos Amrouche: Championing Berber Culture Through Literature, Music, and Legacy |url=https://observervoice.com/taos-amrouche-championing-berber-culture-through-literature-music-and-legacy-51352/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Observer Voice |language=en-US))</ref>

== Bibliography ==
* ''Jacinthe noire'' (1947) – reprint Joëlle Losfeld (1996), ((ISBN|2-909906-63-9))
* ''La Grain magique'' (1966) – reprint La Découverte (2000), ((ISBN|2-7071-2578-4))
* ''Rue des tambourins'' (1969) – reprint Joëlle Losfeld (1996), ((ISBN|2-909906-62-0))
* ''L’Amant imaginaire'' (1975)

== Selected discography ==
* ''Chants berbères de Kabylie'' (1967)
* ''Chants De L'Atlas (Traditions Millénaires Des Berbères D'Algérie)'' (1970)
* ''Incantations, méditations et danses sacrées berbères'' (1974)
* ''Chants berbères de la meule et du berceau'' (1975)
* ''Au Théatre De La Ville'' (1977)

== Further reading ==
* Denise Brahimi, ''Taos Amrouche, romancière'', Joëlle Losfeld (1995), ((ISBN|2-909906-57-4))

== References ==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
* [http://www.bibliomonde.net/pages/fiche-auteur.php3?id_auteur=1352 Bio details, bibliomonde.net] – in French
* ((Imdb name|1858508))
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