The academic and writer Nourredine Saadi (Nono pour les amis) died on December 14, 2017 in Paris, at the age of 73, from cancer. He was buried on December 18 in the Thiais cemetery, in the Paris region. This is a great loss for the Algerian cultural scene. Boulevard de l'abĂźme, his latest novel, was published in September by Barzakh. Born in 1944 in Constantine, Nourredine Rabah Saadi continued his studies