Malika Mokeddem ( Kenadsa,

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

; October 5, 1949) is an Algerian writer.

Biography

Malika Mokeddem was born on October 5, 1949, in Kenadsa, a small mining town on the limit of the western desert of

. She is the daughter of an illiterate nomad family who became sedentary. She grew up listening to the stories told by her grandmother, Zohra, and was the only girl in her family and town to finish secondary studies. She enrolled to study medicine in

Oran Oran () is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria, after the capital, Algiers, because of its population and commercial, industrial and cultural importance. It is w ...

and finished her studies in Paris. She specialized in

Nephrology Nephrology is a specialty for both adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (renal physiology) and kidney disease (renal pathophysiology), the preservation of kid ...

and later established in

Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...

in 1979. She practiced till 1985 when she decided to dedicate her time to literature.

Works

* ''La Desirante'' (2011) * ''The Men Who Walk'' (''Les hommes qui marchent'', 1990), Littré Prize and Fondation Nourredine Aba Prix. * ''The Century of Locusts'' (''Le siècle des sauterelles'', 1992), Prix France-Maghreb Afrique-Méditerranée. * ''The Forbidden Woman'' (''L'interdite'', 1994), Méditerranée Prix. * ''Of Dreams and Assassins'' (''Des rêves et des assassins'', 1995) * ''Night of the Lizard'' (''La nuit de la lézarde'', 1998) * ''N'zid'' (2001) * ''Trance of the Rebellious'' (''La transe des insoumis'', 2003) * ''My Men'' (''Mes hommes'', 2005)

References

Malika Mokkeddem Biography
on Africansuccess.org

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