DZ literature

Between 1947 and 1958, Albert Camus and Jean Senac corresponded often. Hamid Nacer-Khodja had gathered and discussed these letters in a volume published in 2004 (Albert Camus, Jean Sénac, ou, Le fils rebelle). In May, the Michigan State University Press will release it in English translation - translated by Kai Krienke. http://msupress.org/books/book/?id=50-1D0-4545#.XENcB2OnyUn

T he human rights activist and solicitor Abdennour Ali Yahia spoke to La Radio des Sans Voix (The Radio of The Voiceless) to discuss his latest book 'Mon dernier tes tament pour les libertés' released in 2017 with Koukou edition.

The Algerian TV programme 'Expression Livre', aired on Canal Algerie weekly, invited the scholar and historian Chems Eddine Chitour to discuss his latest book "Histoire de l’Algérie : De la résilience à la quête de la modernité"published by Chihab in 2018.

Soumaya Ouarezki, Safia Ouarezki and Mahmoud Benameur have just announced that their comix Fatma n'paraplui, written in Derja, will now be available in French translation. The release is scheduled to coincide with the Paris Book Fair held in March 2019.

  The jury of the IPAF 2019 has just released its longlist. Among 16 novels selected, two are by the Algerian writers Habib Sayah (Me and Haim, Mim editions) and Waciny Laredj (May - The Nights of Isis Copia, Dar al-Adab). Read more about the list's strong female representation on ArabLit .

Chawki Amari discusses his latest novel Balak with Daikha Dridi on Radio M. Balak was released on 30 October (Barzakh eds) in time for the International Book Fair of Algiers. For a review of Balak in French, continue to read here .

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). Photo gallery here .