Assia Djebbar date of birth:
June 30, 1936
How old was Assia Djebbar when died?
78
Where was Assia Djebbar born?
Cherchell, Algeria
When did Assia Djebbar die?
February 6, 2015
Where did Assia Djebbar die?
Paris, France
Assia Djebbar body shape:
Average
What color are Assia Djebbar's eyes?
Brown - Dark
What color is Assia Djebbar's hair?
Black
Is Assia Djebbar gay or straight?
Straight
What is Assia Djebbar's ethnicity?
White
What is Assia Djebbar nationality?
Algerian
What is Assia Djebbar's occupation?
Novelist, Essayist, Professor
Short Biography
Assia Djebar (Arabic: آسيا جبار) was the pen name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (30 June 1936 – 6 February 2015), an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with obstacles faced by women, and she is noted for her feminist stance. She is "frequently associated with women's writing movements, her novels are clearly focused on the creation of a genealogy of Algerian women, and her political stance is virulently anti-patriarchal as much as it is anti-colonial." Djebar is considered to be one of North Africa's pre-eminent and most influential writers. She was elected to the Académie française on 16 June 2005, the first writer from the Maghreb to achieve such recognition. For the entire body of her work she was awarded the 1996 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. She was often named as a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature.