Assia Djebar
آسيا جبار
Writer
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Algeria
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Paris,
France
Algerian novelist and filmmaker, the first writer from the Maghreb elected to the Académie française.
Assia Djebar wrote extensively on Algerian women's history and the legacy of colonialism, and in 2005 became the first writer from North Africa elected to the Académie française.
Representation
Independent