Noufel is an Amazigh (Kabyle) writer, performer and journalist from Kabylie (Algeria).
In 2004, he played for the first time in The Voice of Truth, a personal play, and in 2005 Richard 3rd by Shakespeare both staged managed in the English Department of the University of Mouloud Mammeri of Tizi-Ouzou( Kabylia). He since 2004, became an English teacher (Oral Module) in the same department where he also supervised and stage managed several plays including: The Mask of Hiroshima by Ernest Ferlita (2007), Antigone by Sophocles (2008).
He started writing his first novel Espoirs Déchus ( Deceived Hopes) published in 2008 by Sefraber (France) at the age of 17. In 2006, he published his first collection of poetry Pensées Pensantes (Thinking Thoughts).
The French Cultural Center of Algiers awarded him during a poetry competition in 2007. And in 2009 another collection entitled: Algérie: Banquet des Nonchalances (Algeria: Banquet of Indolences) was published by Edilivre in France.
In 2009, he went to Spain where he lived almost two years. In Spain, he taught French and Arabic. He also used to host a literary program on the waves of Radio Numydia based on the USA.
After many difficulties in Spain, he applied for a residence amidst ICORN and went to live in Denmark.
Noufel participated in several collective and individual recitations in his country, Spain, France, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Slovenia, Finland...
Noufel publishes many chronicles, articles and poetry on the web and Algerian newspapers. He now lives in Paris where he teaches Creative Writing and performs his monologue: Akka i d nekkni (This is us).
Polyglot, he writes and performs in many languages including: Kabyle, Arabic (Both classical and Magrebi), French and English. He has recently won several international awards for his cinematic project called ALLEGORIA.
Publications:
-Pensées Pensantes (French. Poetry, Algeria, 2006)
-Espoirs Déchus (French. Novel, France 2008)
-Algérie: Banquet des Nonchalances (French. Poetry. France 2009)
-Du Haut de Nos Potences (French, Poetry. France 2011)
-Brut-as i wawal-iw! (Kabyle. Poetry. Denmark 2012)
-Ahya Ssimra! (Kabyle. Short Stories. Algeria 2013)
-A Pebble in the River (English. Novel, Cameroon/UK, 2015)
-D Tayri Kan! (Kabyle. Short stories. Kabylia 2016)
Collective books:
Sønderho Havn, antologi (Denmark, 2011)
Fri ord på flugt (Denmark, 2012)
Convergences (Paris, 2013)
Translations:
Fra Galgens Top (Du Haut de nos Potences) (Danish, Denmark 2013)
