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Assia Djebar
Franco-Algerian writer and filmmaker (1936-2015)
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About
Assia Djebar, born Fatima-Zohra Imalayen in Cherchell, was a major figure in Francophone literature. The first Algerian woman admitted to the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, she published her first novel 'La Soif' in 1957. Her work, marked by feminism and postcolonial critique, explores the history and condition of Algerian women. As a filmmaker, she won the International Critics' Prize at the Venice Biennale for 'La Nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua'. Recipient of the Neustadt Prize in 1996 and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in 2000, she was elected to the Académie française in 2005, the first writer from the Maghreb. She taught at several universities, including New York University.
* 1936-06-28 — † 2015-02-06
Major works
- La Soif (1957)novel
- Les Enfants du Nouveau Monde (1962)novel
- Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement (1980)short story collection
- L'Amour, la fantasia (1985)novel
- La Nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua (1977)film
Key milestones
- 1955First Algerian and Muslim woman admitted to the École Normale Supérieure in Paris.
- 1996Awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
- 2005Elected to the Académie française, first writer from the Maghreb.
Themes
feminismanti-colonialismpostcolonialismwomen's historymemory and orality
Sources: id.loc.gov · languagecollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk · scholarblogs.emory.edu
“I write to find out what I think.”
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