Maïssa Bey Explained
Samia Benameur (born 1950),[1] better known by her pseudonym, Maïssa Bey, is an Algerian educator and writer.[2]
Life
She was born in Ksar Boukhari and teaches French in Sidi-Bel-Abbès in western Algeria.[2] In 1996, she published her first novel[3] Au commencement était la mer.[4] Her story collection Nouvelles d'Algérie was published in 1998 and received the Grand Prix de la nouvelle of the Société des gens de lettres. Her 2001 novel Cette fille-là was awarded the Prix Marguerite Audoux.[2] In 2005, she received the Grand Prix des libraires algériens for her work to date.[5]
She was a co-founder of the Chèvre-feuille étoilée publishing house. In 2000, she helped establish Paroles et écriture, a cultural association of Algerian women.[5]
Selected works[1]
- Au commencement était la mer, novel (1996)
- Nouvelles d'Algérie, stories (1998)
- Cette fille-là, novel (2001)
- Entendez-vous dans les montagnes, novel (2002); English translation, Do You Hear in the Mountains (2018)
- Surtout ne te retourne pas, novel (2005); English translation, Above All, Don't Look Back (2009)
- Sous le jasmin la nuit, stories (2004)
- Bleu, blanc, vert, novel (2006), received the Cezam Prix Littéraire Inter CE[6]
- Pierre, Sang, Papier ou Cendre, novel (2008), received the Grand Prix du roman francophone SILA[5]
- L'une et l'autre, autobiography (2009)
- Puisque mon cœur est mort, novel (2009)
Notes and References
- Book: Auzias, Dominique . Algérie . 140 . Labourdette, Jean-Paul . 2010 . 978-2746925755 . fr.
- Web site: Maïssa Bey . Littératures du Maghreb . fr . 2015-02-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170125035115/http://www.limag.refer.org/Volumes/BeyMaissa.htm . 2017-01-25 . dead .
- Book: Rice, Alison . Polygraphies: Francophone Women Writing Algeria . 17 . 2012 . 978-0813932910.
- Book: Nouvelles romancières francophones du Maghreb . 96 . Segarra . Marta . Marta Segarra . 2010 . 978-2811132354 . fr.
- Web site: Maïssa Bey . Association Confluences . fr.
- Web site: Prix littéraire . Cezam Auvergne . fr.
