Fethia Hechmi Explained
| Fethia Hechmi |
| Native Name: | فتحية الهاشمي |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Occupation: | Writer • Novelist • Poet |
| Nationality: | Tunisian |
| Birth Date: | 1955 |
| Language: | Arabic |
| Awards: | 2009 Credif Prize for Best Writing by a Tunisian Woman |
Fethia Hechmi (b. 1955) is a Tunisian novelist.[1] She published her first collection of poems entitled al-Uqḥuwān al-maṣlūb alā al-shifah in 2002, and her first novel Ḥāfiyat al-rūḥ (novel) in 2002.[2] Her 2009 novel Maryam tasquṭ min yadd Allāh has been recognized for its experimental style.[3] She was active in the 2011 Tunisian revolution and has been a prominent voice on Tunisian politics since then.[4]
Works
Novels
- (2005) Ḥāfiyat al-rūḥ ((Bare-footed soul))
- (2007) Minnah Mawwāl
- (2009) Maryam tasquṭ min yadd Allāh ((Maryam falls from the hand of God))
- (2016) al-ʿAnkabūt lā yaḥrus al-ʾanbiyāʾ dāʾiman ((The spider does not always guard prophets))
Poetry
- (2002) al-Uqḥuwān al-maṣlūb alā al-shifah ( (A daisy crucified on lips))
Short story collections
- (2012) al-Shayṭān yaʿūd min al-manfā ((Satan returns from exile))
Prizes
- (2009) Credif Prize for Best Writing by a Tunisian Woman [5]
References
- Book: Mamelouk, Douja. Tunisia (in The Oxford Handbook of Arab Novelistic Traditions). 2017-08-10. Oxford University Press. Hassan. Waïl S.. 1. 455–472. en. 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199349791.013.30. 978-0-19-934979-1 .
- Web site: Mamelouk. Douja Mariem. 2013-09-02. The New Middle East: Battling Lost Memory: Tunisian Women Write the Revolution. 2021-03-07. The New Middle East.
- Book: Mamelouk, Douja. Redirecting al-nazar: contemporary Tunisian women novelists return the gaze. Doctoral dissertation, Georgetown University. 2010.
- Web site: القاسم. احمد محمود. حوار مع التونسية فتحية الهاشمي والوضع التونسي. Interview with Tunisian Fethia Hechmi on the situation in Tunisia. 2021-03-07. صحيفة المثقف. ar-aa. 2021-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20210308184519/https://www.almothaqaf.com/c/d2/68948. dead.
- Web site: فتحية الهاشمي. Fethia Hechmi. 2021-03-07. جائزة كتارا للرواية العربية. ar.
