Rachid Mimouni

Rachid Mimouni
Born (1945-11-20)November 20, 1945
Boudouaou (Alma), Algeria
Died February 12, 1995(1995-02-12) (aged 49)
Paris, France
Occupation Writer

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Rachid Mimouni (In Arabic:رشيد ميموني) (November 20, 1945 February 12, 1995) was an Algerian writer, teacher and human rights activist.

Mimouni wrote novels describing Algerian society in a realist style. He was threatened by Islamic militants for his stance against a movement which he described as being based on archaic ideas, irrelevant in the present time.[1]

Biography

Rachid Mimouni was born in Boudouaou, 30 km from Algiers to a family of poor peasants.[2]

Mimouni studied science at the University of Algiers before becoming a teacher at the École supérieure du commerce (business school) in Algiers. He was president of the Kateb Yacine foundation and he also held the position of vice-president at Amnesty International. He fled Algeria for France in 1993 to escape the civil war and the assassinations of intellectuals. He died in Paris in 1995 of hepatitis.[3]

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Literary Awards

References

  1. Barbarie et integrisme
  2. "Rachid Mimouni (1945-1995) - Bibliographie". bnf.fr. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. Abu-Haidar, Farida. "OBITUARY:Rachid Mimouni". independent.co.uk. The Independent. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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