Fethia Hechmi () (b. 1955) is a Tunisian novelist. She published her first collection of poems entitled ''al-Uqḥuwān al-maṣlūb alā al-shifah'' in 2002, and her first novel ''Ḥāfiyat al-rūḥ'' (novel) in 2002. Her 2009 novel ''Maryam tasquṭ min yadd Allāh'' has been recognized for its experimental style. She was active in the 2011 Tunisian revolution and has been a prominent voice on Tunisian politics since then.

Works

Novels

* (2005) ''Ḥāfiyat al-rūḥ'' ( (Bare-footed soul)) * (2007) ''Minnah Mawwāl'' () * (2009) ''Maryam tasquṭ min yadd Allāh'' ( (Maryam falls from the hand of God)) * (2016) ''al-ʿAnkabūt lā yaḥrus al-ʾanbiyāʾ dāʾiman'' ( (The spider does not always guard prophets))

Poetry

* (2002) ''al-Uqḥuwān al-maṣlūb alā al-shifah ('' (A daisy crucified on lips))

Short story collections

* (2012) ''al-Shayṭān yaʿūd min al-manfā'' ( (Satan returns from exile))

Prizes

* (2009) Credif Prize for Best Writing by a Tunisian Woman ()

References

Living people 1955 births Tunisian novelists Arabic-language novelists 21st-century Tunisian women writers 21st-century Tunisian writers {{Tunisia-writer-stub