Author · Algeria
Rachid Mimouni
Died in 1995
Rachid Mimouni was born on 20 November 1945 in Alma, now Boudouaou, near Algiers, into a family of poor peasants. He studied in Algiers, then taught, notably at the École supérieure de commerce d'Alger. A member of the National Council of Culture, he chaired the Kateb Yacine foundation and was a vice-president of Amnesty International. His novels, which denounce corruption and authoritarianism in independent Algeria, received several French-language literary prizes. He died in Paris on 12 February 1995.
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- NovelThe Honor of the TribeL'Honneur de la tribuRachid Mimouni · 1989Literature