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'abîme, his latest novel, was published in September by Barzakh. Born in 1944 in Constantine, Nourredine Rabah Saadi continued his studies in Algiers where he was a professor of law at the university until 1994. Leaving Algeria on that date, he taught public law at the University of 'Artois before retiring in 2014. Nourredine Saadi has published novels, Dieu-le-fit, La Maison de Lumière and La Nuit des Origins, as well as a collection of short stories, Il n’y a pas d’os dans la langue. He has also dedicated two works to the visual artists Rachid Koraïchi and Denis Martinez, and a third to the singer Houria Aïchi. He finally co-signed Matoub Lounès, my brother, in collaboration with Malika Matoub. An attentive chronicler of Algerian society and an informed observer of cultural life, he is finally the author of numerous texts and articles.