Djelloul Marbrook was born in 1934 in Algiers, Algeria, to parents Juanita Guccione (née Rice) and Ben Aissa ben Mabrouk.[1] Marbook's father was Algerian and he moved with only his mother to New York City when he was a young child.[3] He was raised by his extended family, primarily by his grandmother and aunts.[3] Marbook grew up in Brooklyn, West Islip, and Manhattan. He attended Dwight Preparatory School, and Columbia University.
Marbook worked as a soda jerk, newspapervendor, messenger, theater and nightclubconcessionaire, and served in the United States Navy and as a Merchant Marine before beginning his newspaper career. Marbrook learned photography in the United States Navy and became a reporter-photographer. Marbrook was married to Wanda Ratliff from 1955 to 1963, which ended in divorce.[1] He is married to Marilyn Hackett Marbrook.[3]
Marbrook, Djelloul (2008). Far from Algiers: Poems. Issue 14 of Wick Poetry Series. Ohio: Kent State University Press. ISBN9780873389877.[6] winner of the 2007 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, and the 2010 International Book Award in poetry, explores the poet's feelings of not belonging to family or country.
