Tag: Dihia Louiz

  • Algerian Author Dihia Louiz Dies at 32

    Algerian Author Dihia Louiz Dies at 32

    The Algerian novelist and poet Dihia Louiz (also Dihya Lwiz, whose given name was Louiza Aouzelleg) died on Friday, following an illness. The 32-year-old author, who died on the anniversary of fellow Algerian novelist Assia Djebar’s birth, was in her hometown of Bejaia. Louiz first caught critics’ attention five years ago, at just twenty-six, with…