Language French Genre novel, short story | Name Maissa Bey | |
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Respect des femmes ma ssa bey et anouar benmalek
Maïssa Bey is the nom de plume of Samia Benameur (born 1950), an Algerian educator and writer.
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Conversation avec ma ssa bey et boualem sansal
Life
She was born in Ksar Boukhari and teaches French in Sidi-Bel-Abbès in western Algeria. In 1996, she published her first novel Au commencement était la mer. 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. In 2005, she received the Grand Prix des libraires algériens for her work to date.
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.
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