Yasmina Khadra

Yasmina Khadra , of its true name Mohammed Moulessehoul , is a Algerian writer born in 1955 in the the Algerian Sahara.

Officer in the Algerian armed , Moulessehoul adopted a female pseudonym to escape the military censure. In spite of the success of number of its Romance in Algeria, Moulessehoul revealed its identity only in 2001, after having left the army and to be themselves exiled in France. Anonymity was the only means for him of surviving and of escaping the Censure during the decade from terrorism in Algeria. It resides with its family at Aix-en-Provence.

The novel which revealed it in 1997, Morituri was adapted to the cinema in 2007. The film, coproduction French and Algerian, realized by Okacha Touita left on April 25th, 2007 (France).

Works

Houria (1984)
the girl of the bridge (1985)
El Kahira (1986)
On other side of the city (1988)
the privilege of the phoenix (1989)
the nutcase with the lancet (1990)
the Fair of the Dumbs (1993)
lambs of the lord (1998)
Morituri (1997)
Double white (1998)
the autumn of the dreams (1998)
With what they dream wolves (1999)
the writer (2001)
the imposture of the words (2002)
swallows of Kabul (2002)
Cousin K (2003)
the share of dead the (2004)
the Attack (2005). Price of the booksellers 2006
sirens of Baghdad (2006)

External bonds

Official site
Official site of the Morituri film, adaptation of the novel éponyme.

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