Algeria

BOURAOUI, Nina

Birth date: 1967
Birthplace: Rennes, France
Education: At age nineteen, traveled to Paris to pursue university studies in law and philosophy.
Professional Career: In 1991, at the age of twenty-five, her first novel was published and immediately received critical acclaim and high record sales. Her works describe the segregated sexual tension between men and women in Algeria.

Works

• Le Jour du séisme. Paris: Stock, 1999.
• L'Age Blesse. Paris: Fayard, 1998.
• Le Bal des Murenes. Paris: Fayard, 1996.
• Poing mort. Paris: Gallimard, 1992.
• La Voyeuse interdite. Paris: Gallimard, 1991.
        Forbidden Vision. Trans. Melissa Marcus. Barrytown, N.Y.: Station Hill Press, 1995.

DJEBAR, Assia

Birth date: 1936
Birthplace: Cherchell, Algeria
Education: Studied history at the Ecole Normale of Sevres, France.
Professional Career: Writer and professor of History at the University of Algiers. The main themes of her writing focus on the plight of women in Algeria. She is also a renowned film maker.

Works

• Oran, langue morte. Paris: Sud, 1997.
• Le blanc d'Algerie. Paris: Albin Michel, 1996.
• Vaste est la prison. Paris: Albin Michel, 1995.
• Loin de Medine. Paris: Albin Michel, 1991.
• Ombre Sultane. Paris: Lattes, 1987.
          A Sister to Scheherazade. Trans. Dorothy Blair. 1987.
• L'amour, la fantasia. Paris: Lattes, 1985.
          Fantasia an Algerian Cavalcade. Trans. Dorothy Blair. 1992.
• Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement. Paris: des femmes, 1980.
          Women of Algiers in Their Apartment. Trans. Marjolijn de Jager. Charlottesville: UP of Virginia P, 1992.
• Les Alouettes Naives. Paris: Julliard, 1964.
• Les Enfants du nouveau monde. Paris: Julliard, 1962.
• Les Impatients. Paris: Julliard, 1958.
• La Soif. Paris: Julliard, 1957.

MOKEDDEM, Malika

Birth date: 1949
Birthplace: Algerian desert
Education: Studied medicine in France in 1966.
Professional Career: A writer and physician, she moved to France in 1966. Currently lives in Montpellier where she practices medicine.

Works

• Des reves et des assasssins. Paris: B.Brasset, 1995.
          Of Dreams and Assassins. Trans. K. Melissa Marcus. Caraf Books, 2000.
• L'Interdite. Paris: B. Grasset, 1993.
          The Forbidden Woman. Trans. K. Melissa Marcus. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1998.
• Le siecle des sauterelles. Paris: Editions Ramsay, 1992.

SEBBAR, Leila

Birth date: November 19, 1941
Birthplace: Aflou, Algeria
Education:
Professional Career: She lived in Algeria until the age of 17, then moved to France where she currently resides in Paris. Began writing prolifically in the 80's, the principle theme of her writing has been the condition of women and especially that of immigrant women.

Works

• J'etais enfant en Algerie. Juin 1962. Paris, Editions du Sorbier, 1997.
• Le Baiser. Paris: Hachette, 1997.
• Une enfance algerienne. Paris: Gallimard, 1997.
• La jeune fille au balcon. Paris: Le Seuil, 1996.
• Le Silence des rives. Paris: Stock, 1993.
          Silence on the Shores. Trans. Mildred P. Mortimer. 2000.
• Le fou de Sherazade. Paris: Stock, 1991.
• La Negresse a l'enfant. Paris: Syros Alternatives, 1990.
• J.H. cherche ame soeur. Paris: Stock, 1987.
• Le Chinois vert d'Afrique. Paris: Stock, 1984.
• Sherazade: 17ans, brune, frisee. les yes verts. Paris: Stock, 1982.
          Sherazade: missing, aged 17, dark curly hair, green eyes. Trans. Dorothy Blair. London: Quartet,  1991.