Mohamed Kacimi (born 1955) is an Algerian novelist and playwright.
Early life
Mohamed Kacimi was born in 1955 in
El Hamel,
French Algeria
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He was raised as a Muslim, and he attended both French and Islamic schools as
Zawiyet El Hamel
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He emigrated to France in 1981, settling in Paris.
Career
Kacimi is the author of several novels, plays and non-fiction books. His first novel, ''Le mouchoir'', was turned down fourteen times before it was published by
L'Harmattan in 1987.
His 2006 play, ''Terre sainte'', received a good review from ''
Le Figaro'' when it was performed in
Avignon
Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of So ...
in 2013.
Meanwhile, Kacimi also worked as a translator and a ghostwriter.
He was also a contributor to ''Actuel'', a French magazine, and he produced ''Les Chemins de la connaissance'' on
France Culture.
In 2005, he was, with others authors such as
Alain Decaux
Alain Decaux (23 July 1925 − 27 March 2016) was a French historian. He was elected to the Académie française on 15 February 1979.
In 2005, he was, with others authors as Frédéric Beigbeder, Mohamed Kacimi, Richard Millet and Jean-Pierre Th ...
,
Richard Millet and
Jean-Pierre Thiollet, one of the
Beirut Book Fair's guests in the
Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center, commonly (
BIEL).
Kacimi is a critic of
Al Jazeera
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.
In the wake of the
Charlie Hebdo shooting of 7 January 2015, he wrote a Facebook post relating remarks voiced by teenagers from
Val-de-Marne against Charlie Hebdo; however, he was unable to explain where he had heard them specifically, leading ''
Marianne'' and other media outlets to wonder if he had made them up.
Works
Novels
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References
Living people
1955 births
People from M'Sila Province
Writers from Paris
Algerian novelists
Algerian dramatists and playwrights
Algerian emigrants to France
Algerian Muslims
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