Rachid Mimouni

Rachid Mimouni (Arabic: رشيد ميموني ); ( Born November 20, 1945 in Boudouaou, † February 12, 1995 in Paris) was an Algerian writer, teacher and human rights activist.

Mimouni wrote novels about the Algerian society in a realistic style. He was threatened by militants, because he was going against a movement which he described as the basis of archaic notions that was, but not relevant in today's time.

Life

Rachid Mimouni came in Boudouaou as a child of a poor family to the world. He studied natural sciences at the University of Algeria and Montreal, before he became a teacher at the École supérieure du commerce business school. He was president of Kateb Yacine Foundation. In 1993 he fled from Algeria to France to escape the civil war and the killings of intellectuals. In 1995 he died of hepatitis in Paris.

Works

  • "Le printemps n'en sera que plus beau " (1978 )
  • "Le Fleuve détourné " (1982 )
  • " Une paix à vivre " (1983 )
  • " Tombéza " (1984)
  • " L' Honneur de la tribu " (1989 )
  • "La ceinture de l' Ogresse " (1990 )
  • " Une peine à vivre " (1991 )
  • " De la barbarie en général et en particulier de l' intégrisme " (1992 )
  • "La Malédiction " (1993 )

Awards

  • Price of the International Film Festival of Cannes for " L' honneur de la tribu " (1990 )
  • Price of Fraco -Arab Film Festival for " L' honneur de la tribu " (1990 )
  • Price of l' Académie française ( French Academy Award) with "La ceinture de l' Ogresse " (1991 )
  • Price of Hassan II des Quatre juries ( Hassan II Four Juries Award ) for the completion of the work ( 1992)
  • Price of Albert Camus ( Albert Camus Award) for " Une peine à vivre et de la barbarie en général et en particulier de l' intégrisme " (1993 )
  • Price of Liberté Littéraire ( Literary Freedom Award ) for "La malédiction " (1994 )
  • Price of spécial Grand Atlas (Special Grand Atlas Award ) for the completion of the work ( 1995)
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