List of Algerian women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Algeria or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

A

• Nora Aceval (born 1953), folk story writer
• Fadhma Aït Mansour (c.1882–1967), autobiographer
• Taos Amrouche (1913–1976), novelist, singer, first Algerian woman to publish a novel
• Leïla Aouchal (1936–2013), French-born Algerian writer, autobiographer

B

• Yamina Bachir (1954–2022), screenwriter, film director
• Samira Bellil (1972–2004), Algerian-born French feminist, author of the autobiographical Dans l'enfer des tournantes
• Nassira Belloula (born 1961), feminist journalist, novelist, poet, writing in French
• Myriam Ben (1928–2001), activist, novelist, poet, and painter.
• Latifa Ben Mansour (born 1950), novelist, playwright, short story writer, linguist
• Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun (born 1952), sociologist, politician, non-fiction writer
• Khadija Benguenna (born 1965), journalist, Al Jazeera television presenter
• Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker (1888–1942), first Jewish woman to be published in Algeria
• Maïssa Bey (born 1950), educator, short story writer, novelist

C

• Marie Cardinal (1929–2001), best selling novelist, film actress
• Corinne Chevallier (born 1935), historian, novelist
• Lynda Chouiten (fl. from 2012), French-language writer, educator
• Hélène Cixous (born 1937), educator, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, critic, feminist writer

D

• Djamila Debèche (1926–2010), novelist and journalist
• Assia Djebar, pen name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (1936–2015), novelist, translator, filmmaker
• Rabia Djelti (born 1954), poet, novelist, writing in Arabic

F

• Fadhila El Farouk (born 1967), journalist, novelist

G

• Fatima Gallaire (1944–2020), Franco-Algerian playwright, short story writer
• Salima Ghezali (born 1958), acclaimed journalist, women's rights activist
• Anna Gréki (1931–1966), poet

H

• Mimi Hafida (born 1965), poet, journalist, visual artist

L

• Djanet Lachmet (born 1948), novelist and actress
• Aïcha Lemsine (born 1942), French-language writer and women's rights activist

M

• Leïla Marouane (born 1960), journalist, creative writer
• Malika Mokeddem (born 1949), acclaimed novelist
• Ahlam Mosteghanemi (born 1953), poet, novelist, most widely read female Arabic-language writer

N

• Samira Negrouche (born 1980), medical doctor, poet

S

• Leïla Sebbar (born 1941), novelist, essayist, travel writer, critic, short story writer, educator

T

• Wassyla Tamzali (born 1941), lawyer, non-fiction feminist writer

W

• Zuhur Wanasi (born 1936), Arabic-language short story writer, journal editor, politician
• Maryse Wolinski (1943–2021), Algerian-born French journalist, novelist

Z

• Fatma Zohra Zamoum (born 1967), writer, filmmaker, educator

See also

• List of women writers
• List of Algerian writers

References

1. List of Algerian writers
2. Lists of writers
3. List of Canadian writers
4. Lists of women
5. List of women writers (A–L)
6. Algerian literature
7. List of French women writers
8. List of African writers by country
9. List of women writers (M–Z)
10. List of Algerians
11. List of Belgian women writers
12. List of Algerian women artists
13. Algerian War
14. Women's writing (literary category)
15. Outline of Algeria
16. History of the Jews in Algeria
17. Djamila Debèche
18. List of people from Boumerdès Province
19. Ahlam Mosteghanemi
20. Algerian cuisine