Fénéon Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1953) Winner
Mohammed Dib
モハメド・ディブ
Mohamed Dib
Aliases:
Mohamed Dib
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1920-07-21 （Tlemcen）
- Died
- 2003-05-02 （La Celle-Saint-Cloud） age 82
- Nationality
- Algerian
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Tlemcen, Algeria → Oujda, Morocco → Algeria → France (near Paris) → La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet, Teacher, Accountant, Interpreter, Journalist, Weaver
- Active Years
- 1950-2003
- Affiliations
- Alger Républicain, Liberté
- Memberships
- Algerian Communist Party, Generation of '52
- Influenced
- Albert Camus
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Fénéon Prize | La Grande Maison | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Grand Prix de la Francophonie | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Mallarmé Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Fénéon Prize
1953
Work:
La Grande Maison
Result:
受賞
Grand Prix de la Francophonie
1994
Result:
受賞
Mallarmé Prize
1998
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
La Grande Maison
1952 NovelStory of young Omar growing up in poverty in Algeria. First part of the Algerian trilogy.
PovertyColonialismFamily
L'Incendie
1954 NovelSecond part of the trilogy, Omar's life during WWII.
WarGrowth
Le Métier à Tisser
1957 NovelThird part, Omar as a working man.
LaborColonial Algeria
Un Été Africain
1959 NovelAn African Summer.
AfricaSummer
Dieu en Barbarie
1970 NovelGod in Barbary.
GodBarbary
Bibliography
- La Grande Maison (1952)
- L'Incendie (1954)
- Au Café (1957)
- Le Métier à Tisser (1957)
- Baba Fekrane (1959)
- Un Été Africain (1959)
- Ombre Gardienne (1961)
- Qui se Souvient de la Mer (1962)
- Cours sur la Rive Sauvage (1964)
- Le Talisman (1966)
- La Danse du Roi (1968)
- Formulaires (1970)
- Dieu en Barbarie (1970)
- Le Maître de Chasse (1973)
- L'Histoire du Chat qui Boude (1974)
- Omneros (1975)
- Habel (1977)
- Feu Beau Feu (1979)
- Mille Hourras pour une Gueuse (1980)
- Les Terrasses d'Orsol (1985)
- O Vive - Poèmes (1987)
- Le Sommeil d'Ève (1989)
- Neiges de Marbre (1990)
- Le Désert sans Détour (1992)
- L'Infante Maure (1994)
- L'Arbre à Dires (1998)
- L'Enfant-Jazz (1998)
- Le Cœur Insulaire (2000)
- The Savage Night (2001)
- Comme un Bruit d'Abeilles (2001)
- L.A. Trip (2003)
- Simorgh (2003)
- Laezza (2006)
Translations by Author
- Translations of Finnish books into French
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Naturalistic (like Émile Zola)Later surrealistic elementsScience fictionVerse
- Recurring Motifs
- Algerian independence struggleColonial lifePovertyCross-cultural encounters
Legacy
A spiritual bridge between Algeria and France, chronicling 20th-century Algerian history in French.
Trivia
- Began writing poetry at 15.
- Expelled from Algeria by French authorities in 1959.
- Allowed to stay in France due to lobbying by writers including Camus.