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Habib Sayah

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Habib Sayah

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1950-01-01 (Algeria)
Nationality
Algeria
Languages
Arabic

Career

Occupations
novelist
Active Years
1980-

Education

Oran University
Faculty of Literature / Department of Literature
Year of Graduation: 1980
Country: Algeria

Awards

Abdelhamid ben Hadouga Prize (Novel)
2003
Organization: Abdelhamid ben Hadouga Prize committee
Result: 受賞
International Prize for Arabic Fiction (Arabic Booker Prize)
2019
Organization: International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Result: ノミネート

Awards & Nominations

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realist depictionengagement with social and political themes
Recurring Motifs
social alienationmemory and legacy

Legacy

Habib Sayah is an Algerian novelist who has published around ten novels. He won the Abdelhamid ben Hadouga Prize in 2003 and was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2019, gaining international attention. Several of his works have been translated into French.

Trivia

  • Born in 1950 (exact date not publicly specified).
  • Studied literature at Oran University, graduating in 1980.
  • Has written around ten novels, several translated into French.
  • Won the Abdelhamid ben Hadouga Prize in 2003.
  • Nominated for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2019.