Zehira Houfani-Berfas (born September 16, 1952) is an Algerian French-language writer living in Canada. She may be the first woman to publish a detective novel in Algeria.[1]
Zehira Houfani | |
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| Born | September 16, 1952  M'Kira |
| Website | https://zehira-houfani.com/ |
Zehira Houfani was born on September 16, 1952 in M'Kira, Algeria.[2] Her first novel was Les Pirates du désert (Pirates of the Desert) (1986), set in Tamanrasset in southern Algeria and written in the style of hard-boiled detective authors Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.[3] She abandoned detective fiction during the Algerian Civil War.[1]
She moved to Canada in 1994.[2] She worked as a peace activist, visiting Iraq to document civilian casualties during the Iraq War and demanding the resignation of Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika.[4][5]
Bibliography
edit- Les pirates du désert, Alger : ENAL, 1986, 135 p.[6]
- Le portrait du disparu, Alger : ENAL, 1986, 74 p.[6]
- L'incomprise, Alger : ENAL, 1989, 140 p.[6]
- Lettre d'une musulmane aux Nord-Américaines, Montréal : Éditions Écosociété, 2002, 148 p. ; 19 cm. ISBN 978-2-921561-80-8[6]
- Jenan, la condamnée d'Al-Mansour, Montréal : Lux, 2008, 158 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN 978-2-89596-067-6[6]
- La honte se vit seule, Tizi Ouzou [Algérie]: éditions Frantz Fanon, 2016, 203 pages. ISBN 978-9931-572-14-5[6]
- Françafrique, la matrice du chaos africain - Stratégie coloniale d’échec des indépendances, Éditions L'Harmattan, collection Questions contemporaines, 2024, Broché - 172 pages. ISBN 978-2-336-43430-8[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Why Algerian Author Zehira Houfani Quit Writing Detective Novels". ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY. 2016-01-07. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ a b "Zehira Houfani Berfas". Babelio (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ King, Stewart; Rolls, Alistair; Gulddal, Jesper, eds. (2022). The Cambridge companion to world crime fiction. Cambridge ; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-48459-6.
- ^ Canadian peace activist shares horrific tales of war: Montreal woman 'traumatized' by deaths of Iraqi children." Barrie Examiner, The (Ontario, Canada), Final ed., sec. News, 7 Apr. 2003, p. A6.
- ^ "Protesters in Montreal call for change in Algeria." Agence France-Presse, 12 Feb. 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Recherche - L'Île". www.litterature.org. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
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