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Independence & Modern Algeria
Mohammed Dib
Intellectuals & Culture
Poets & Artists1920–2003Oran / West
“He turned a working-class Tlemcen into a trilogy.”
Historical significance
He is one of the founding novelists of modern Algerian literature in French.
His Algeria trilogy remains the first lens many readers get on pre-1954 Algerian life.
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.
Did you know?
His first novel, "La Grande Maison", appeared in 1952, before the war of independence.