Malika Mokkeddem

Malika Mokkeddem was born on the 5^th October 1949. She is an Algerian Tuareg writer.

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Biography

Malika Mokkeddem was born on the 5^th October 1949 in Kenadsa, a small mining village that is located on the limit of the western desert of the country, Algeria. Malika Mokkeddem is the daughter of a nomad family who became sedentary. She was raised up to listen to stories that were told by her grandmother, Zohra and was the only girl in her family and town to complete the secondary education. She went to the university to study Medicine in Oran and she completed her studies in Paris, France. Malika Mokkeddem specialized in the Nephrology and later she set herself up in Montpellier in the year 1979. Malika Mokkeddem practiced until the year 1985 when she made up her mind to dedicate her time and energy to literature.

Works

Ø  The Men Who Walk (Les hommes qui marchent, 1990), Littré Prize and Fondation Nourredine Aba Prix.

Ø  The Century of Locusts (Le siècle des sauterelles, 1992), Prix France-Maghreb Afrique-Méditerranée.

Ø  The Forbidden Woman (L'interdite, 1994), Méditerranée Prix.

Ø  Of Dreams and Assassins (Des rêves et des assassins, 1995)

Ø  Night of the Lizard (La nuit de la lézarde, 1998)

Ø  N'zid (2001)

Ø  Trance of the Rebellious (La transe des insoumis, 2003)

Ø  My Men (Mes hommes, 2005)