Assia Djebar AKA Fatima Zohra Imalayen Born: 4-Aug-1936 Birthplace: Cherchell, Algeria Died: 7-Feb-2015 Location of death: Paris, France Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Female Religion: Muslim Race or Ethnicity: Middle Eastern Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author, Economist, Film Director Nationality: Algeria Executive summary: So Vast the Prison Novelist, poet, and filmmaker Fatima-Zohra Imalayen adopted her pen name, Assia Djebar, with publication of her first novel, as her father disapproved of her writing. She was deeply involved in Algeria's resistance movement, but she wrote in French, not Arabic, and her works were more readily available in the West and in English translation than in her own homeland. She was elected to the French Academy in 2006, its first member from France's former North African colonies. Father: Tahar Imalhayène (teacher) Mother: Bahia Sahraoui Husband: Ahmed Ould-Rouïs (m. 1958, div.) Husband: Malek Alloula (m. 1980)
High School: Collège de Blida, Algiers, Algeria University: Lycée Fénélon University: École Normale Supérieure Teacher: History, University of Algiers (1962-66) Professor: French Literature, University of Algiers (1974-97) Professor: French Studies, Louisiana State University (1997-2001) Professor: French Literature & Civilization, New York University (2001-present)
Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 2000 French Academy 2006 Berber Ancestry (maternal)
Author of books:
La Soif (1957) Les Impatients (1958) Les Enfants du Nouveau Monde (1962) Les Alouettes Naives (1967) Poems pour l'Algerie Heureuse (1969, poetry) Femmes d'Alger dans Leur Appartement (1980, short stories) L'Amour, la Fantasia (1985) Ombre Sultane (1987) Loin de Médine (1991) Vaste est la Prison (1995) Le Blanc de l'Algérie (1996) La Femme sans Sépulture (2002) La Disparition de la Langue Française (2003)
Wrote plays:
Rouge l'Aube (1969, with Walid Garn)
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