Assia Djebar

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Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (Joyn, 1936-2015) was an Algerian novelist, translator, and filmmaker. The bulk of her jobs address women's challenges, and she is known for her feminist stance. "She is often associated with women's writing movements, her books are largely oriented on the establishment of a genealogy of Algerian women, and her political position is virulently anti-patriarchal as well as anti-colonial." Djebar is known as one of North Africa's most popular and influential writers. On June 16, 2005, she was elected to the Académie française, becoming the first writer from the Maghreb to receive such recognition. She was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1996 for the entire body of her work. She has been often rated as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Early life

Fatima Zehra Imalayen or Djebbar was born in Cherchell, Algeria, on June 30, 1936, to Tahar Imalhayène and Bahraoui, a branch of Chenouas Berber family, Fatima-Zehra Sahraoui. She was born in Cherchell, a small seaport village near Algiers in the Province of An Defla. At Mouzaville, a primary school she attended, Djebar's father learned French. Djebar later attended a Quranic private boarding school in Blida, where she was one of only two girls. She attended Collège de Blida, a high school in Algiers, where she was the only Muslim in her class. She joined the École normale de jeunes filles in 1955, becoming the first Algerian and Muslim woman to be educated at France's most prestigious universities. The Algerian war interrupted her studies, but she later continued her studies in Tunis.

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Career

For the publication of her first book, La Soif ("The Thirst"), in 1957, she selected Assia Djebar. Les Impatients, another book, will be published next year. She and Ahmed Ould-Rou's married in 1958, resulting in divorce. Djebar served at the University of Rabat (1959–1962) and then at the University of Algiers, where she was made the department head for the French section.

Djebar returned to Algeria in 1962 and published Les Enfants du Nouveau Monde, and then followed Les Alouettes Naves in 1967. She lived in Paris between 1965 and 1974 before returning to Algeria. In 1980, she married Algerian poet Malek Alloula. The couple lived in Paris, where she had a research appointment at the Algerian Cultural Center.

In 1997, Djebar became the head of the Louisiana State University's Center for French and Francophone Studies. She was in charge of that position until 2001. In 1985, Djebar published L'Amour, la fantasia (translated as Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade, Heinemann, 1993), in which she "repeatedly states her reservations about language, about her role as a spokesperson for Algerian women, as well as for Muslim women in general).

In 2005, Djebar was elected to Académie française, France's top literary academy, and its members, nicknamed the "immortals," are chosen for life. She was the first writer from North Africa to be elected to the association. She is the fifth woman to enroll in the academy. At New York University, Djebar was a Silver Chair scholar of Francophone literature.

Djebar was known as a symbol of Islam throughout the Arab world, particularly in the area of advocating for increased female rights.

Djebar died in February 2015 in Paris, France, at the age of 78.

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