sentences:  He published his first book of poetry ("La Marche Têtue," Galimard) in 1959.In 1960 he joined the clandestine struggle for Algerian Independence.After Algerian independence, he worked in 1963-64 as an editor at "Revolution Africaine," a weekly in Alger where he met many of the leaders of national liberation movements of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.