The Algerian writer Assia Djebar, member of the French Academy, died this Friday, February 6, at the age of 78 in a Parisian hospital, three years after being expected for the Nobel Prize in literature, announced, this Saturday, February 7, the Algerian public radio.
Also a filmmaker, the novelist of her real name Fatima Zohra Imalyène is from Cherchell, west of Algiers, where her body will be repatriated next week to be buried.
Assia Djebar began his literary career in 1957 with “La Thirst”, followed in 1958 of the book “Les Impatients”. Known for her commitment to women’s rights, Assia Djebar was considered one of the most famous and influential authors in the Maghreb.
Her literary work is translated into 23 languages, according to the site of the French Academy where she had been elected on June 16, 2005 to the chair of Georges Vedel (5th chair).
Assia Djebar taught in Algiers, then in Paris and the United States. She received numerous awards and distinctions during her career.
