Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker


Berthe-Sultana Bénichou-Aboulker was a French Algerian poet and playwright who wrote in French. Her play La Kahena, reine berbière was the "first work published by a Jewish woman in Algeria".

Life

She was the daughter of Adélaïde Azoubib and her second husband, Mardochée Bénichou. She had at least one sibling, a brother, Raymond Benichou. Her husband, Henri Aboulker, was a surgeon and professor; their son, José Aboulker was a surgeon and political figure.