Kaouther Adimi

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Kaouther Adimi
Kaouther Adimi, Maghreb-Orient des Livres 2018.jpg
au salon Maghreb-Orient des livres, Paris, février 2018.
Born1986  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Algiers   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Alma mater
Occupation Writer, novelist, short story writer   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
WorksOur Wealth,   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Awards
  • Prix du jeune écrivain de langue française (2006)
  • Prix littéraire de la vocation (2011)
  • Prix Renaudot des lycéens (Our Wealth, 2017)
  • (Our Wealth, 2017)
  • resident at the Villa Medici (2021)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Kaouther Adimi (born 1986) is a writer, graduate in modern literature and human resources management. She works today in Paris, where she has lived since 2009.

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Life

Kaouther Adimi was born in Algiers, Algeria, in 1986. From the age of four to the age of eight, she lived with her family in Grenoble, France. During this period, she discovered the pleasure of reading, by going to the public library every week with her dad. [1]

In 1994, she returned to Algeria, which was then under the influence of terrorism. Having very few opportunities to read, she started to write her own stories. [1]

While she was studying in the Algiers University, she entered a writing contest organized by the French Institute, for the young writers in Muret (Haute-Garonne). The short story she submitted held the attention of the jury who published it in a collection alongside the other laureates' productions. Thanks to this contest, she was invited to Muret, then Toulouse, and finally Paris, where she met with les éditions Barzakh. [1]

She has a degree in modern literature and human resources management.

In 2009, she wrote her first novel L'envers des autres. The same year, she left Algiers for Paris. [1]

Works

Awards and honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "" Nos richesses " : Kaouther Adimi, l'étrangère – Jeune Afrique". 15 September 2017.
  2. Caminade, Emmanuelle. "L'envers des autres, Kaouther Adimi". www.lacauselitteraire.fr. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  3. "Nos richesses, le nouveau roman de Kaouther Adimi". Al HuffPost Maghreb (in French). 2017-06-22. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. Hocker, Adam. "ALBERTINE | Nos richesses by Kaouther Adimi". ALBERTINE. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  5. "" Nos richesses " : Kaouther Adimi, l'étrangère – JeuneAfrique.com". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  6. "Untitled".
  7. 'La Dépêche du Midi, Muret. On connaît les lauréats du Prix du jeune Écrivain, consultée le 12 mai 2012.
  8. Le Prix Renaudot des Lycéens est attribué à Kaouther Adimi pour Nos richesses (Seuil), consulté le 14 novembre 2017.
  9. "La femme du jour. Kaouther Adimi". L'Humanité (in French). 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2018-04-27.

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