Mohammed Dib
Mohammed Dib was born on July 21, 1920 in Tlemcen. Recognized as one of the greatest African novelists in the language of Zola, Mohammed Dib has created a work of fiction in its three registers: the short story, the novel, and poetry.
After primary and secondary studies in Tlemcen, he entered the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Oran. Between 1939 and 1945, he worked in several professions: teacher, accountant, interpreter and model maker.
He publishes committed texts and poems as well as chronicles on Algerian theater in the Alger Republican newspaper. In 1952, he published his first novel 'La Grande Maison' followed in 1954 by L'Incendie then in 1957, Le Métier à tisser (Editions du Seuil - France). In 1959, the novel An African Summer, also published by Editions du Seuil, was the cause of his expulsion from Algeria. He settled in Mougins (south of France). He then undertook numerous trips around the world. From 1974, Mohammed Dib's work became international.
In 1994, he received the Grand Prix de la Francophonie, the highest distinction of the French Academy. Mohammed Dib, who currently lives in France, continues, with the regularity of a metronome, to fertilize his century with his work of African, Arab and Mediterranean inspiration similar to a gigantic mosaic which is inscribed in the benchmarks of our intelligible memory like a sovereign, haughty and just symphony in this dialogue of civilizations that history inspires in peoples.
After primary and secondary studies in Tlemcen, he entered the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Oran. Between 1939 and 1945, he worked in several professions: teacher, accountant, interpreter and model maker.
He publishes committed texts and poems as well as chronicles on Algerian theater in the Alger Republican newspaper. In 1952, he published his first novel 'La Grande Maison' followed in 1954 by L'Incendie then in 1957, Le Métier à tisser (Editions du Seuil - France). In 1959, the novel An African Summer, also published by Editions du Seuil, was the cause of his expulsion from Algeria. He settled in Mougins (south of France). He then undertook numerous trips around the world. From 1974, Mohammed Dib's work became international.
In 1994, he received the Grand Prix de la Francophonie, the highest distinction of the French Academy. Mohammed Dib, who currently lives in France, continues, with the regularity of a metronome, to fertilize his century with his work of African, Arab and Mediterranean inspiration similar to a gigantic mosaic which is inscribed in the benchmarks of our intelligible memory like a sovereign, haughty and just symphony in this dialogue of civilizations that history inspires in peoples.