The shortlists for Prix Littéraire Mohammed Dib 2024 were announced in Tlemcen, Algeria on Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
Mohammed Dib was an Algerian author who wrote over 30 novels, as well as numerous short stories, poems, and children’s literature in the French language. His work covered the breadth of 19th-century Algerian history, focusing on Algeria’s fight for independence. Two years before he passed away in 2003, Prix Littéraire Mohammed Dib (Mohammed Dib Literary Prize) was founded by the cultural association La Grande Maison to celebrate Algerian writing in Tamazight, Arabic, and French.
The jury for 2024, the ninth edition, led by Professor Mourad Yelles who received 119 applications in the three language categories announced the longlist on June 19. Those who made the shortlist were;
French
- Les Vies (Multiples) d’Adam, Benallou Lamine
- De Glace et de feu, El Kenza Suzan
- Taxis, Laihem Aimen
- Le gens du peuplier, Metref Arezki
Tamazight
The selection includes novels by
- Murdus, Ould Amar Tahar
- Tasfit Tessefsi Tussaft, Serik Liza.
Arabic
- Al Yarabi’ essoud, Djilali Amrani,
- Les Chroniques d’Iblis, Ali Bekki
- Sirat Mawta lam yabikhim ahad, Abdelkader Barghout.
The winning entries were to be announced on October 12 but have been postponed to a later date.
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