Mohamed Kacimi (born 1955) is an Algerian novelist and playwright.

Mohamed Kacimi
Mohamed Kacimi in 2008
Born1955
Occupation(s)Novelist, playwright

Early life

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Mohamed Kacimi was born in 1955 in El Hamel, French Algeria.[1][2][3] He was raised as a Muslim, and he attended both French and Islamic schools as Zawiyet El Hamel.[3] He emigrated to France in 1981, settling in Paris.[3]

Career

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Kacimi is the author of several novels, plays and non-fiction books. His first novel, Le mouchoir, was turned down fourteen times before it was published by L'Harmattan in 1987.[3] His 2006 play, Terre sainte, received a good review from Le Figaro when it was performed in Avignon in 2013.[4] Meanwhile, Kacimi also worked as a translator and a ghostwriter.[3] He was also a contributor to Actuel, a French magazine, and he produced Les Chemins de la connaissance on France Culture.[5] In 2005, he was, with others authors such as Alain Decaux, Richard Millet and Jean-Pierre Thiollet, one of the Beirut Book Fair's guests in the Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center, commonly (BIEL).[6]

Kacimi is a critic of Al Jazeera.[7] In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shooting of 7 January 2015, he wrote a Facebook post relating remarks voiced by teenagers from Val-de-Marne against Charlie Hebdo; however, he was unable to explain where he had heard them specifically, leading Marianne and other media outlets to wonder if he had made them up.[5]

Works

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Novels

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  • Kacimi, Mohamed (1987). Le mouchoir: roman. Paris: L'Harmattan. ISBN 9782858028290. OCLC 18712177.
  • Kacimi, Mohamed (1987). Parole du Qarmate. Paris: L'Harmattan. OCLC 949264366.
  • Kacimi, Mohamed (1996). Le jour dernier : roman. Paris: Stock. ISBN 9782234045682. OCLC 34611014.
  • Kacimi, Mohamed (2000). La confession d'Abraham : récit-théâtre. Paris: Gallimard. ISBN 9782070759507. OCLC 45171545.
  • Kacimi, Mohamed (2007). Cléopâtre, reine d'Egypte. Toulouse: Milan jeunesse. ISBN 9782745926388. OCLC 421703313.
  • Kacimi, Mohamed (2007). Beyrouth XXIe siècle. Arles: Actes Sud. ISBN 9782742765218.
  • Kacimi, Mohamed (2008). L'Orient après l'amour. Arles: Actes Sud. ISBN 9782742776139.

Plays

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Non-fiction

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References

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  1. ^ "Qāsimī, Muḥammad (1955-....) forme internationale système ISO de translittération simplifiée (hébreu, arabe, etc.) arabe الحسّاني, محمّد قاسمي (1955-....) forme internationale arabe". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "Kacimi, Mohamed (1955-.....)". IdRef. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Mohamed Kacimi". Bibliothèque francophone multimédia de Limoges. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  4. ^ Simon, Nathalie (July 18, 2013). "Terrifiant voyage en Terre sainte". Le Figaro. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Doiezie, Mathilde (January 30, 2015). "Propos anti-Charlie Hebdo, la réalité très subjective de Mohamed Kacimi". Le Figaro. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  6. ^ "Objectif Diffusion Adami - SACD : Terre Sainte (Bande annonce) - Vidéo Dailymotion".
  7. ^ Kacimi, Mohamed (July 24, 2014). "" Etre solidaires des Palestiniens sans céder au réflexe tribal "". Le Monde. Retrieved October 7, 2016. Ces derniers jours, tous les esprits sont chauffés à blanc par Al-Jazira. Cette chaîne vit du commerce des cadavres. Elle a une passion pour les morgues, ses caméras ne sortent jamais des ambulances et des tombes.