Assia Djebar, Algerian-French author and translator (died 2015)

Assia Djebar

Algerian feminist novelist (1936–2015)

Fatima-Zohra Imalayen, known by her pen name Assia Djebar, was an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with obstacles faced by women, and she is noted for her feminist stance. She is "frequently associated with women's writing movements, her novels…