Maïssa Bey

Maïssa Bey
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]

Life

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. 1 2 3 4 "Maïssa Bey". Littératures du Maghreb (in French).
  2. 1 2 Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2010). Algérie (in French). p. 140. ISBN 2746925753.
  3. ↑ Rice, Alison (2012). Polygraphies: Francophone Women Writing Algeria. p. 17. ISBN 0813932912.
  4. ↑ Segarra, Marta (2010). Nouvelles romancières francophones du Maghreb (in French). p. 96. ISBN 281113235X.
  5. 1 2 3 "Maïssa Bey" (in French). Association Confluences.
  6. ↑ "Prix littéraire" (in French). Cezam Auvergne.
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