Neustadt International Prize for Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1996) Winner
Assia Djebar
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Assia Djebar
Aliases:
Fatima-Zohra Imalayen / Fatima-Zohra Imalhayène
Pen Names:
Assia Djebar（Used as a pen name for literary publications）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1936-06-30 （Cherchell, Colonial Algeria）
- Died
- 2015-02-06 （Paris, France） age 78
- Nationality
- Algerian
- Languages
- French, Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Residence History
- Cherchell (birth) → Blida (boarding school) → Algiers (study and work) → Rabat (teaching) → Paris (long-term residence) → United States (Louisiana State University, New York University - research/teaching)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Essayist, Professor, Filmmaker, Translator
- Active Years
- 1957-2015
- Affiliations
- Mohammed V University (Rabat), University of Algiers (French department), Louisiana State University (Center for French and Francophone Studies), New York University (Silver Chair in Francophone literature), Académie française (member)
- Memberships
- Académie française
- Influenced By
- French literary tradition, Feminist thought
- Influenced
- Generations of North African and Francophone women writers, Scholars in postcolonial studies
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| École normale supérieure de jeunes filles | — | — | — | 1955（在籍、学業はアルジェリア独立戦争で中断） | France |
École normale supérieure de jeunes filles
Period:
1955（在籍、学業はアルジェリア独立戦争で中断）
Country:
France
Entered in 1955; studies were interrupted by the Algerian War and she later continued studies in Tunis.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Franco-Arab Friendship Prize | L'Amour, la fantasia (Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade) | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Neustadt International Prize for Literature | For her entire body of work | — | World Literature Today / Neustadt Prize committee | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Yourcenar Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1998 | International Prize of Palmi | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Peace Prize of the German Book Trade | — | — | German Book Trade (Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels) | 受賞 |
Franco-Arab Friendship Prize
1985
Work:
L'Amour, la fantasia (Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade)
Result:
受賞
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
1996
Work:
For her entire body of work
Organization:
World Literature Today / Neustadt Prize committee
Result:
受賞
Yourcenar Prize
1997
Result:
受賞
International Prize of Palmi
1998
Result:
受賞
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
2000
Organization:
German Book Trade (Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
La Soif (The Thirst)
1957 NovelAn early novel marking her literary debut; addresses personal and social thirsts and desires.
DesireSocial constraints
Translations
- La Soif
Les impatients
1958 NovelAn early work depicting anxieties and hopes of the generation around Algerian independence.
YouthHistorical transition
Children of the New World
1962 NovelDeals with post-independence Algerian society and the conflicts of a new generation.
Post-independence societyGenerational conflict
Translations
- Children of the New World
L'Amour, la fantasia (Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade)
1985 Novel/essay with autobiographical elementsA major work exploring women's experiences and Algerian memory through polyphonic narration; widely translated and internationally recognized.
MemoryWomen's voicesColonialism and resistance
Translations
- Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade (translated by Dorothy S. Blair)
So Vast the Prison
1995 NovelA later major novel that multilayeredly portrays colonial domination and women's experiences.
ColonialismWomen's history
Translations
- So Vast the Prison (translated by Betsy Wing)
A Sister to Scheherazade
1987 NovelExamines women's narratives and traditions where story and history intersect.
Women's memoryStorytelling
Bibliography
- La Soif (1957)
- Les impatients (1958)
- Children of the New World (1962)
- Les Alouettes naïves (1967)
- Poèmes pour une Algérie heureuse (1969)
- Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (1980)
- L'Amour, la fantasia (1985)
- A Sister to Scheherazade (1987)
- So Vast the Prison (1995)
- Algerian White (1996)
- The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry: Algerian Stories (1997)
- The Woman Without a Grave (2002)
- The Disappearance of the French Language (2003)
- Nowhere in My Father's House (2008)
Adaptations
- La Nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua (1977)
- La Zerda ou les chants de l'oubli (1979)
Translations of Works
- Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade (English translation)
- So Vast the Prison (English translation)
- Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (English translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Polyphonic narrationLayered composition of memory and historical fragmentsFeminist perspective written in French
- Recurring Motifs
- MemoryWomen's voicesColonialism and resistanceLanguage and identity
Legacy
Assia Djebar is regarded as one of North Africa's leading Francophone writers; internationally recognized for her literary rendering of women's experiences and colonial memory. In 2005 she was elected to the Académie française, the first writer from the Maghreb to achieve this.
Academic Societies
- Académie française
In Popular Culture
- Google dedicated a Doodle on her 81st birthday in 2017
Trivia
- Google dedicated a Doodle to her on her 81st birthday in 2017.
- She won the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1996.
- In 2005 she was elected to the Académie française, the first writer from the Maghreb to be so honored.