Maïssa Bey

Maïssa Bey is the nom de plume of Samia Benameur[1] (born 1950),[2] an Algerian educator and writer.[1]

Samia Benameur
Born1950 (age 69–70)
Ksar Boukhari, Algeria
Pen nameMaïssa Bey
LanguageFrench
Genrenovel, short story

Life

She was born in Ksar Boukhari and teaches French in Sidi-Bel-Abbès in western Algeria.[1] In 1996, she published her first novel[3] Au commencement était la mer.[4] Her story collection Nouvelles d'Algérie was published in 1998 and received the Grand Prix de la nouvelle of the Société des gens de lettres. Her 2001 novel Cette fille-là was awarded the Prix Marguerite Audoux.[1] In 2005, she received the Grand Prix des libraires algériens for her work to date.[5]

She was a co-founder of the Chèvre-feuille étoilée publishing house. In 2000, she helped establish Paroles et écriture, a cultural association of Algerian women.[5]

Selected works[2]
  • Au commencement etait la mer, novel (1996)
  • Nouvelles d'Algerie, stories (1998)
  • Cette fille-la, novel (2001)
  • Entendez-vous dans les montagnes, novel (2002); English translation, Do You Hear in the Mountains (2018)
  • Surtout ne te retourne pas, novel (2005); English translation, Above All, Don't Look Back (2009)
  • Sous le jasmin la nuit, stories (2004)
  • Bleu, blanc, vert, novel (2006), received the Cezam Prix Littéraire Inter CE[6]
  • Pierre, Sang, Papier ou Cendre, novel (2008), received the Grand Prix du roman francophone SILA[5]
  • L'une et l'autre, autobiography (2009)
  • Puisque mon cœur est mort, novel (2009)

References
  1. "Maïssa Bey". Littératures du Maghreb (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  2. Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2010). Algérie (in French). p. 140. ISBN 2746925753.
  3. Rice, Alison (2012). Polygraphies: Francophone Women Writing Algeria. p. 17. ISBN 0813932912.
  4. Segarra, Marta (2010). Nouvelles romancières francophones du Maghreb (in French). p. 96. ISBN 281113235X.
  5. "Maïssa Bey" (in French). Association Confluences.
  6. "Prix littéraire" (in French). Cezam Auvergne.
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