Amel Mokhtar (Arabic: آمال مختار, romanized: ʾĀmāl Mukhtār; born February 4, 1964) is a Tunisian journalist and novelist. She has won several prizes, including the COMAR Special Prize in 2006 for her novel Māystrū (Maestro).
Amel Mokhtar | |
|---|---|
| Native name | آمال مختار |
| Occupation | Novelist • Journalist • Writer |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
Biography
editMokhtar was born in the town of Maktar in the Siliana Governorate, Tunisia. She completed a bachelor's degree in Natural Science at the University of Tunis and began a career in journalism in 1985.[1]
Mokhtar published many short stories in Tunisian newspapers and Arab literary magazines. She published her first novel, Nakhab al-hāyat, in 1993 with Dar al-Adab in Beirut; she was the first Tunisian woman to publish with this prestigious press.[2] She then published a short story collection entitled La taʿshiqī hādha al-rajul and her novel al-Kursī al-hazzāz in 2003.[1] She has won several prizes such as the Tunisian ministry of culture's prize for literary innovation in 1994 and the COMAR Special Prize (for "remarkable originality in a novel"[3]) for her novel Māystrū in 2006.[1]
Works
editNovels
edit- (1993) Nakhab al-hāyat (نخب الحياة (Toasts to life))
- (2003) al-Kursī al-hazzāz (الكرسي الهزاز (The rocking chair))
- (2007) Māystrū (مايسترو (Maestro))
- (2013) Dukhan al-qasr (دخان القصر (Smoke of the palace))[4]
Short story collections
editAwards and honours
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Mamelouk, Douja (2010). Redirecting al-nazar: contemporary Tunisian women novelists return the gaze. Doctoral dissertation, Georgetown University.
- ^ العياري, رمزي (2018-08-29). "سفراء الثقافة التونسية: آمال مختار تمثّل الأدب التونسي في أسبانيا" [Tunisian cultural ambassadors: Amel Mokhtar represents Tunisian literature in Spain]. الترا تونس Tunis Utra. Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ "Prix comar d'or Tunisie : Prix littéraire tunisien". comar-d-or.comar.tn. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ^ "رواية "دخان القصر" لآمال مختار:عندما تثور الشخصيات ... وترضخ الكاتبة" [The novel "Palace Smoke" by Amal Mokhtar: When the characters revolt and the writer gives in]. تورس Turess. 2013-04-24. Archived from the original on 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ "وللمارد وجه جميل .. الكتابة سبيلاً للشفاء" [The monster has a beautiful face: Writing as a way to heal]. صحفي Sahafi. 2007-08-03. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ الجزيري, محمد الهادي (2015-05-25). "حفل الأشباح" [Party of ghosts] (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ درغوث, نبيل (2006-05-07). "الكومار الذهبي في دورته العاشرة" [The tenth annual COMAR d'Or prize]. Diwan al-Arab. Archived from the original on 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ^ Marzouk, Hamza (2014-11-17). "Ctam'Art : prix remis ce mardi". L'Economiste Maghrébin (in French). Retrieved 2021-03-08.