Maïssa Bey
| Maïssa Bey | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
1950 Ksar Boukhari, Algeria |
| Language | French |
| Genre | novel, short story |
Maïssa Bey is the nom de plume of Samia Benameur[1] (born 1950),[2] an Algerian educator and writer.[1]
She was born in Ksar Boukhari and teaches French in Sidi-Bel-Abbès in western Algeria.[1] In 1996, she published her first novel[3] Au commencement était la mer.[4] Her story collection Nouvelles d'Algérie was published in 1998 and received the Grand Prix de la nouvelle of the Société des gens de lettres. Her 2001 novel Cette fille-là was awarded the Prix Marguerite Audoux.[1] In 2005, she received the Grand Prix des libraires algériens for her work to date.[5]
She was a co-founder of the Chèvre-feuille étoilée publishing house. In 2000, she helped establish Paroles et écriture, a cultural association of Algerian women.[5]
Selected works[2]
- Entendez-vous dans les montagnes, novel (2002)
- Surtout ne te retourne pas, novel (2005)
- Sous le jasmin la nuit, stories (2006)
- Bleu, blanc, vert, novel (2007), received the Cezam Prix Littéraire Inter CE[6]
- Pierre, Sang, Papier ou Cendre, novel (2008), received the Grand Prix du roman francophone SILA[5]
- L'une et l'autre, autobiography (2009)
- Puisque mon cœur est mort, novel (2009)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Maïssa Bey". Littératures du Maghreb (in French).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2010). Algérie (in French). p. 140. ISBN 2746925753.
- ↑ Rice, Alison (2012). Polygraphies: Francophone Women Writing Algeria. p. 17. ISBN 0813932912.
- ↑ Segarra, Marta (2010). Nouvelles romancières francophones du Maghreb (in French). p. 96. ISBN 281113235X.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Maïssa Bey" (in French). Association Confluences.
- ↑ "Prix littéraire" (in French). Cezam Auvergne.