Rachid Mimouni

Rachid Mimouni (Arab: رشيدميموني) is a writer Algérie N born the November 20th 1945 with Boudouaou (Alma) (to 30 km in the east of Algiers), died in Paris the February 12th 1995 of acute hepatitis.

He studies sciences with the Université of Algiers before teaching at the University commercial. President of the Foundation Kateb Yacine, it also occupied the post of vice-president of Amnesty International.

Realist author, it described the Algerian company. In 1993, it leaves its city Boumerdes and its country in prey with the civil war and the assassination of intellectuals. Rachid Mimouni remains the Algerian author more to date rewarded.

Principal works

“spring will be only more beautiful” (1978)
“the River diverted” (1982)
“a sorrow with living” (1983)
“Tombéza” (1984)
“the Honor of the tribe” (1989)
“the belt of the ogress” (1990)
“a sorrow with in general living” (1991)
“Of cruelty and integrism in particular” (1992)
“the Curse” (1993)

Literary prizes

Price of the Friendship Free-Arab for “the honor of the tribe” (1990)
Price of literary criticism: Ribbon of the francophonie for “the honor of the tribe” (1990)
Price of literature-cinema of the international festival of film in Cannes for “the honor of the tribe” (1990)
Price of the French Academy for “the belt of the ogress” (1991)
Price Hassan II of the Four Jurys for the whole of work (1992)
Price Albert Camus for “a sorrow with living and cruelty in general and integrism in particular” (1993)
Price of Raising for “the curse” (1993)
Price Literary Freedom for “the curse” (1994)
Special price Large Atlas for the whole of its work (1995)

External bond

Official site of Rachid Mimouni

Page Rachid Mimouni on the Kateb site devoted to the Algerian literature

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