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Rachid Mimouni

Rachid Mimouni
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BornNovember 20, 1945
Boudouaou, Algeria
DiedFebruary 12, 1995 (aged 49)
Paris, France
OccupationWriter

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Rachid Mimouni (In Arabic:رشيد ميموني) (November 20, 1945 – February 12, 1995) was an Algerian writer, teacher and human rights activist.

Mimouni wrote novels describing Algerian society in a realist style. He was threatened by Islamic militants for his stance against a movement which he described as being based on archaic ideas, irrelevant in the present time.[1]

Biography

Rachid Mimouni was born in Boudouaou, 30 km from Algiers to a family of poor peasants.[2]

Mimouni studied science at the University of Algiers before becoming a teacher at the École supérieure du commerce (business school) in Algiers. He was president of the Kateb Yacine foundation and he also held the position of vice-president at Amnesty International. He fled Algeria for France in 1993 to escape the civil war and the assassinations of intellectuals. He died in Paris in 1995 of hepatitis.[3]

Works

  • « Le printemps n'en sera que plus beau » (1978)
  • « Le Fleuve détourné » (1982)
  • « Une peine à vivre » (1983)
  • « Tombéza » (1984)
  • « L'Honneur de la tribu » (1989)
  • « La ceinture de l'ogresse » (1990)
  • « Une paix à vivre » (1991)
  • « De la barbarie en général et de l'intégrisme en particulier » (1992)
  • « La Malédiction » (1993)
  • « Chroniques de Tanger » (1995)
  • « Une peine à vivre »(1983)

Literary Awards

  • Prix de l'Amitié Franco-Arabe (Fraco-Arab Friendship Award) for « L'honneur de la tribu » (1990)
  • Prix de la critique littéraire : Ruban de la francophonie (Literary Critics Award, best Francophone novel) for « L'honneur de la tribu » (1990)
  • Prix de littérature-cinéma du festival international du film à Cannes (Cannes Film Festival Film-Literature Award) for « L'honneur de la tribu » (1990)
  • Prix de l'Académie française (Académie française Award) for « La ceinture de l'ogresse » (1991)
  • Prix Hassan II des Quatre Jurys (Hassan II Four Juries Award ) for his complete works (1992)
  • Prix Albert Camus (Albert Camus Award) for « Une peine à vivre et De la barbarie en général et de l’intégrisme en particulier » (1993)
  • Prix du Levant (Levant Award) for « La malédiction » (1993)
  • Prix Liberté Littéraire (Literary Freedom Award) for « La malédiction » (1994)
  • Prix spécial Grand Atlas (Special Grand Atlas Award) for his complete works (1995)

References

  1. ^ Barbarie et integrisme
  2. ^ "Rachid Mimouni (1945-1995) - Bibliographie". bnf.fr. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. ^ Abu-Haidar, Farida. "OBITUARY:Rachid Mimouni". independent.co.uk. The Independent. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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