Amel Mokhtar
Tunisian journalist and novelist
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Amel Mokhtar (Arabic: آمال مختار, romanized: ʾĀmāl Mukhtār; born February 4, 1964) is a Tunisian journalist and novelist. She has won several prizes, including the COMAR Special Prize in 2006 for her novel Māystrū (Maestro).
Amel Mokhtar | |
|---|---|
| Native name | آمال مختار |
| Occupation | Novelist • Journalist • Writer |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
Biography
Mokhtar was born in the town of Maktar in the Siliana Governorate, Tunisia. She completed a bachelor's degree in Natural Science at the University of Tunis and began a career in journalism in 1985.[1]
Mokhtar published many short stories in Tunisian newspapers and Arab literary magazines. She published her first novel, Nakhab al-hāyat, in 1993 with Dar al-Adab in Beirut; she was the first Tunisian woman to publish with this prestigious press.[2] She then published a short story collection entitled La taʿshiqī hādha al-rajul and her novel al-Kursī al-hazzāz in 2003.[1] She has won several prizes such as the Tunisian ministry of culture's prize for literary innovation in 1994 and the COMAR Special Prize (for "remarkable originality in a novel"[3]) for her novel Māystrū in 2006.[1]
Works
Novels
- (1993) Nakhab al-hāyat (نخب الحياة (Toasts to life))
- (2003) al-Kursī al-hazzāz (الكرسي الهزاز (The rocking chair))
- (2007) Māystrū (مايسترو (Maestro))
- (2013) Dukhan al-qasr (دخان القصر (Smoke of the palace))[4]