Career
Amrouche emigrated with his family to Tunisia while still young. He later moved to Paris for studies. Through his career he tried to describe the Algeria and its struggle to the rest of the world.
He was for the independence of Algeria, but wasn"t part of the FLN. When he was a high school teacher in Tunis, Albert Memmi was one of his students.
Jean Amrouche is considered an important figure in the development of francophone literature in Algeria. He was the older brother of fellow writer Taos Amrouche.
Both were the children of Marguerite Fadhma Ath Mansour, author of History of My Life.