Assia Djebar

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Assia Djebar was an influential Algerian novelist, filmmaker, and feminist whose French-language works powerfully explored themes of colonialism, gender, and national identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feminist
filmmaker
human
novelist
screenwriter
translator
university teacher
awardReceived Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur
surface form: Commander of the Legion of Honour

Neustadt International Prize for Literature
Ordre des Palmes académiques
surface form: Palmes académiques

Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
Yourcenar Prize
birthName Fatima-Zohra Imalayen
causeOfDeath heart failure
continentOfCitizenship Africa
countryOfCitizenship Algeria
dateOfBirth 1936-06-30
dateOfDeath 2015-02-06
educatedAt Lycée Fénelon
École Normale (Paris)
surface form: École normale supérieure de jeunes filles de Sèvres
employer Louisiana State University
New York University
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
ethnicGroup Algerian
familyName Imalayen
genre autobiographical fiction
essay
historical fiction
novel
short story
givenName Fatima-Zohra Imalayen
surface form: Fatima-Zohra
languageOfExpression Arabic
French
mainTheme Algerian War of Independence
colonialism
gender
language
memory
national identity
women’s rights
memberOf Académie française
movement feminist literature
postcolonial literature
name Assia Djebar self-link
notableFor depicting the experiences of Algerian women
exploring the legacy of French colonialism in Algeria
innovative narrative techniques combining history and fiction
notableWork Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement
La Disparition de la langue française
La Nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua
La Soif
La Zerda et les chants de l’oubli
Les Alouettes naïves
Les Enfants du Nouveau Monde
Les Impatients
L’Amour, la fantasia
Nulle part dans la maison de mon père
Ombre sultane
Vaste est la prison
occupation filmmaker
historian
novelist
screenwriter
university professor
writer
placeOfBirth Cherchell
French Algeria
placeOfDeath France
Paris
positionHeld member of the Académie française
pseudonym Assia Djebar
religion Islam
sexOrGender female
spouse Walid Garn
workLocation Algiers
Paris
United States of America
surface form: United States
writingLanguage French

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