Mohamed Kacimi (born 1955) is an Algerian novelist and playwright.
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Early life
Mohamed Kacimi was born in 1955 in El Hamel, French Algeria. He was raised as a Muslim, and he attended both French and Islamic schools. He emigrated to France in 1981, settling in Paris.
Career
Kacimi is the author of several novels, plays and non-fiction books. His first novel, Le mouchoir, was turned down fourteen times before it was published by L'Harmattan in 1987. His 2006 play, Terre sainte, received a good review from Le Figaro when it was performed in Avignon in 2013. Meanwhile, Kacimi also worked as a translator and a ghostwriter. He was also a contributor to Actuel, a French magazine, and he produced Les Chemins de la connaissance on France Culture.
Kacimi is a critic of Al Jazeera. In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shooting of 7 January 2015, he wrote a Facebook post relating remarks voiced by teenagers from Val-de-Marne against Charlie Hebdo; however, he was unable to explain where he had heard them specifically, leading Marianne and other media outlets to wonder if he had made them up.
Novels
Kacimi, Mohamed (1987). Le mouchoir: roman. Paris: L'Harmattan. ISBN 9782858028290. OCLC 18712177.
Kacimi, Mohamed (1987). Parole du Qarmate. Paris: L'Harmattan. OCLC 949264366.
Kacimi, Mohamed (1996). Le jour dernier : roman. Paris: Stock. ISBN 9782234045682. OCLC 34611014.
Kacimi, Mohamed (2000). La confession d'Abraham : récit-théâtre. Paris: Gallimard. ISBN 9782070759507. OCLC 45171545.
Kacimi, Mohamed (2007). Cléopâtre, reine d'Egypte. Toulouse: Milan jeunesse. ISBN 9782745926388. OCLC 421703313.
Kacimi, Mohamed (2015). A la table de l'éternité. Paris: Art et comédie. ISBN 9782844229939. OCLC 913193024.
Non-fiction
Dragon, Chantal; Kacimi, Mohamed (1990). Arabe, vous avez dit Arabe? : 25 siècles de regards occidentaux sur les Arabes. Paris: Balland. ISBN 9782715808317. OCLC 319828364.
Dragon, Chantal; Kacimi, Mohamed (1992). Naissance du désert. Paris: Balland. ISBN 9782715809659. OCLC 397950940.
Kacimi, Mohamed (1997). "À la claire indépendance". In Sebbar, Leïla. Une enfance algérienne. Paris: Gallimard. ISBN 9782070747160. OCLC 37448508.
Kacimi, Mohamed (2001). Le monde arabe. Toulouse: Editions Milan. ISBN 9782841134212. OCLC 300181753.