Maïssa Bey

She was born in Ksar Boukhari and teaches French in Sidi-Bel-Abbès in western Algeria.^[1] In 1996, she published her first novel^[3] Au commencement était la mer.^[4] Her story collection Nouvelles d'Algérie was published in 1998 and received the Grand Prix de la nouvelle of the Société des gens de lettres. Her 2001 novel Cette fille-là was awarded the Prix Marguerite Audoux.^[1] In 2005, she received the Grand Prix des libraires algériens for her work to date.^[5]

She was a co-founder of the Chèvre-feuille étoilée publishing house. In 2000, she helped establish Paroles et écriture, a cultural association of Algerian women.^[5]

Source:^[2]

• Au commencement était la mer, novel (1996)
• Nouvelles d'Algérie, stories (1998)
• Cette fille-là, novel (2001)
• Entendez-vous dans les montagnes, novel (2002); English translation, Do You Hear in the Mountains (2018)
• Surtout ne te retourne pas, novel (2005); English translation, Above All, Don't Look Back (2009)
• Sous le jasmin la nuit, stories (2004)
• Bleu, blanc, vert, novel (2006), received the Cezam Prix Littéraire Inter CE^[6]
• Pierre, Sang, Papier ou Cendre, novel (2008), received the Grand Prix du roman francophone SILA^[5]
• L'une et l'autre, autobiography (2009)
• Puisque mon cœur est mort, novel (2009)