![]() ![]() The second volume, Ombre sultane, followed two years later. ![]() In 1985, Djebar published the first novel of a projected quartet, L’Amour, la fantasia. They resided in Paris, where she was appointed to the Algerian Cultural Center in Paris. She followed this up by publishing a short story collection, Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement, in 1980, and soon after married Malek Alloula, another Algerian writer. In 1979, she directed her second film, La Zerda ou les chants de l’oubli, a documentary juxtaposing French newsreels of World War I and II and Algerian women singing traditional songs. She published a volume of poetry, Poems pour l’Algerie heureuse, in 1969 as well.ĭjebar was known for her cinematic work, and in 1977, she directed her first film, La Nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua. Rouge l’Aube, a play written in collaboration with husband Garn, was performed at the third Pan-African Cultural Festival held in Algiers in 1969. In 1962, Djebar published her novel Les Enfants du Nouveau Monde, and Les Alouettes Naives followed in 1967. ![]() In that same year, Djebar married Walid Garn and worked toward advanced degree in history at University of Algiers. She published her first novel, La Soif, under pen name Assia Djebar in 1957, followed by her second novel, Les Impatients, in 1958. Biography Image by Michel-Georges Bernard/CC licensedĪssia Djebar was born Fatima-Zohra Imalayen in Cherchell, Algeria on August 4, 1936. ![]()
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