Mohammed Dib

Mohammed Dib was born in Algeria in 1920. He studied literature and held various jobs before dedicating himself exclusively to writing: he was a teacher, accountant, weaver, carpet designer, interpreter, and journalist.
In 1959, after the publication of the novel An African summer Dib was expelled from his country and went into exile in France, with the help of Albert Camus and André Malraux. Dib, who died in Paris in 2003, is unanimously considered the greatest Algerian novelist and poet of his time. Among the numerous literary awards he received, the Grand Prix de la Francophonie from the French Academy stands out, awarded for the first time to a writer from the Maghreb.