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[Prize] The Assia Djebar Prize for Best Novel 2018 awarded to Nahed Boukhalfa, Mhenni Khalifi et Ryad Girod

Source : APS

The 4th edition of the Assia Djebar prize for best novel was awarded to Nahed Boukhalfa for the Arabic category and his novel "سيران وجهة رجل متفائل" (Siren, destination of an optimist man), Mhenni Khalifi for the Tamazight category and his novel "Imehbal" (Madmen), and Ryad Girod for the French category and his "Les yeux de Mansour" (The eyes of Mansour).

This year, a total of 66 novels, 26 in Arabic, 32 in French and 8 in Tamazight were submitted to the jury.

In 2017, the prize had been awarded to Merzak Bektache for his novel in Arabic "Rain writes its memoirs", to Mustapha Zaarouri his novel in Tamazight "Dwagi i d assirem-iw (This is my hope), and posthumously to Nourredine Saadi for his novel in French "Le Boulevard de l'Abime" (The Boulevard of The Abyss).

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