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Mohammed Dib
1920–2003Oran / West
📖Their story
Born in Tlemcen, Mohammed Dib drew the rural and urban Algeria of the colonial period in his "Algeria" trilogy and continued to publish poetry and novels for decades.
⭐Why they matter
He is one of the founding novelists of modern Algerian literature in French.
💡Did you know?
His first novel, "La Grande Maison", appeared in 1952, before the war of independence.