Assia Djebar

Assia Djebar is the pen-name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (born August 4, 1936), an Algerian novelist, translator and filmaker. Most of her works deal with the obstacles faced by women, and she is noted for her feminist stance. Djebar is considered to be one of North Africa's most famous and influential writers, and was elected to the Académie française on June 16, 2005, the first writer from the Maghreb to achieve such recognition.

Early life

Djebar was born in Cherchell, a small coastal town near Algiers. She attended the primary school where her father taught French, and attended secondary school elsewhere in Algeria. She was the first Algerian woman to be accepted at the École Normale Supérieure, an elite college in Paris.

Related Topics:
Cherchell - Algiers - French - École Normale Supérieure

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