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Assia Djebar

Born

in Cherchell (Algiers), Algeria

June 30, 1936

Died

February 07, 2015

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Assia Djebar was born in Algeria to parents from the Berkani tribe of Dahra. She adopted the pen name Assia Djebar when her first novel, La Soif (Hunger) was published in 1957, in France where she was studying at the Sorbonne.

In 1958, she travelled to Tunis, where she worked as a reporter alongside Frantz Fanon, travelling to Algerian refugee camps on the Tunisian border with the Red Cross and Crescent. In 1962, she returned to Algeria to report on the first days of the country's independence.

She settled in Algeria in 1974, and began teaching at the University of Algiers. In 1978, she made a feature film with an Algerian TV company, The Nouba of the Women on Mont Chenoua, which won the critics' prize at Venice. Her second feature, La Zerda ...more

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	Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade by Assia Djebar, Dorothy S. Blair (Translator) 3.66 avg rating — 1,416 ratings — published 1985 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women of Algiers in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar, Marjolijn de Jager (Translator), Clarisse Zimra (Epilogue) 3.54 avg rating — 1,018 ratings — published 1980 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children of the New World by Assia Djebar, Clarisse Zimra (Afterword), Marjolijn de Jager (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 563 ratings — published 1962 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sister to Scheherazade by Assia Djebar, Dorothy S. Blair (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 1987 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	So Vast the Prison by Assia Djebar, Betsy Wing (Translator) 3.42 avg rating — 342 ratings — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Algerian White by Assia Djebar, David Kelley (Translator), Marjolijn de Jager (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 1995 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La femme sans sépulture 3.60 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nulle part dans la maison de mon père 3.65 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2007 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	la soif 3.73 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 1958 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Disparition de la langue française 3.77 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“small things comes in big packages.*”
― Assia Djebar

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“Je suis féministe parce que je suis Algérienne”
― Assia Djebar

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“Since they weren't sleepy and nothing had been left unsaid, they began to read poetry to each other, taking turns like children and enjoying it. Bachir had a lovely voice, one that was already that of a man. He knew many poems by heart. He lovingly recited Victor Hugo, with warmth Rimbaud's Le bateau ivre, and poems written by young people going into battle; he then moved on to the poets of liberty - Rimbaud again, Eluard, and Desnos.”
― Assia Djebar, Children of the New World

tags: algeria, algerian-revolution, arthur-rimbaud, paul-eluard, poetry, robert-desnos, victor-hugo

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The Open Door by Latifa Zayyat

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Children of the New World byAssia Djebar

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Dreams of Maryam Tair: Blue Boots and Orange Blossoms by Mhani Alaoui

4 votes, 17.4%

What the Day Owes the Night byYasmina Khadra

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Adrift on the Nile by Naguib Mahfouz

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Dancing Fear and Desire: Race, Sexuality, and Imperial Politics in Middle Eastern Dance by Stavros Stavrou Karayanni

1 vote, 4.3%

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