Mohammed Dib

Mohammed Dib
Early photo of Dib
Born(1920-07-21)21 July 1920
Tlemcen, Algeria
Died2 May 2003(2003-05-02) (aged 82)
La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France
OccupationNovelist, poet
LanguageFrench
NationalityAlgerian
Period1950s- 2000s
Notable worksthe Algerian trilogy, an african summer, God in Barbary
Notable awardsFénéon Prize
Mallarmé prize
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Mohammed Dib (Arabic: محمد ديب; 21 July 1920 – 2 May 2003) was an Algerian author. He wrote over 30 novels, as well as numerous short stories, poems, and children's literature in the French language. His work covers the breadth of 20th century Algerian history, focusing on Algeria's fight for independence.

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