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Waciny Laredj

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Waciny Laredj


Born
in Algeria
January 01, 1754


Waciny Laredj was born in Tlemcen, Algeria in 1954. He is a well-known author both in his native Algeria and in France, where he has taught literature since 1994. Several of his novels have been translated into French, although none—I believe—has made its way into English.

Laredj has won a number of prizes for his work, including the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Prize for Literature, which he won in 2007.

He told the publication Jeune Afrique that, although he might have become a Francophone author, it was his grandmother who encouraged his love of Arabic:

My first novel was published in Syria and was very well received. If it had not had success, I might have returned to the French language.

But Laredj does not discount the French influence on Alg
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Average rating: 3.71 · 668 ratings · 113 reviews · 16 distinct worksSimilar authors
Le Livre De L'émir

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Paroles d'Algériens : Ecrir...

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Det andalusiske hus

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Don Chisciotte ad Algeri. L...

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Les Ailes de la reine

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Fleurs d'amandiers

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“Your respect for people does not mean you need them
This is your morality, even if they do not deserve it.”
Waciny Laredj, Histoires minuscules des révolutions arabes

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