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Lynda Chouiten | |
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| ليندة شويتن | |
| Born | Tizi Ouzou, Algeria |
| Education | PhD in French Studies, Moore Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway |
| Occupations | Writer, Academic |
| Employer | University of Boumerdes |
| Known for | French and Francophone literature, Postcolonial studies, Comparative literature |
| Notable work | Une Valse, Isabelle Eberhardt, Essays on the Discursive Constructions, Manifestations, and Subversions of Authority, translated Just Above Silence by Anna Greki |
| Awards | Assia Djebar Great Prize (2019) |
Lynda Chouiten (ليندة شويتن) an Algerian writer in French. [1] She is the author of several books. She focuses on French and francophone cultures and literatures, postcolonial culture and literature, comparative literature, travel literature, Orientalism, Cultural representation, literary theory, British literature and civilization (especially Victorian), discourse and power, and gender studies. [2]
Chouiten has a PhD in French Studies from the Moore Institute at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She has been head of the Scientific Committee of the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures (University of Boumerdes) since September 2015. [3]
Her novel, Une Valse, won the 2019 Assia Djebar Great Prize. [4]