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(1936-2015) Novelist, writer, filmmaker. Assia Djebar was born in Cherchell, Algiers, and died in Paris, France. She had been a professor of French and Francophone studies at New York University.

Full Name

Assia Djebar

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1936

BIRTH

Assia Djebar was born Fatima-Zohra Imalayene in Cherchell, Algiers, on June 30, 1936.

1958

LITWORK

The Mischief
Simon and Schuster

Novel.

1987

LITWORK

Ombre Sultane
Latt��s
2709605546 / 978-2709605540
Novel.

1991

LITWORK

Loin de Medine
Albin Michel
2226052593 / 978-2226052599
Novel.

1996

LITWORK

Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
Quartet Books (UK)
0704326108 / 978-0704326101
Novel.

1999

LITWORK

So Vast The Prison
Seven Stories Press
1583220097 / 978-1583220092
Ms. Djebar wrote the novel, "So Vast The Prison."

1999

LITWORK

Women of Algiers in Their Apartment
University of Virginia Press
0813918804 / 978-0813918808
Collection of stories.

2001

LITWORK

Algerian White
Seven Stories Press
158322050X / 978-1583220504
Novel.

2001

OTHER

Ms. Djebar began teaching at New York University in 2001.

2005

LITWORK

Children of the New World: A Novel of the Algerian War
The Feminist Press at CUNY
1558615113 / 978-1558615113
Novel.

2006

LITWORK

The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry
Seven Stories Press
1583227482 / 978-1583227480
Collection of short stories.

2007

LITWORK

Nulle Part Dans La Maison De Mon P��re
Fayard

2015

DEATH

Assia Djebar died in Paris, France, on February 7, 2015.

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