Azza Filali

Azza Filali
Born
Tunisia
Notable workOuatann, Les Intranquilles
AwardsGolden Comar Awards

Azza Filali (born 1952, in Tunisia) is a Tunisian doctor and writer in the French language. Her novels and stories especially reflect the history of the last years of colonialism in Tunisia[1][2]

Career

Azza Filali was born around 1952 in Tunisia and trained in the medical field of Gastroenterology. In 2012 she published the novel Ouatann, reflecting the era of pre-revolutionary Tunisia in 2008. With this work, she received the Golden Comar Awards in 2012.[2]

In February 2012 she organized a colloquium with the French Institute on writing about themes in post-revolutionary Tunisia. In 2014 she published Les Intranquilles in which she narrates a story with the background of the Tunisian revolution of 2011. Her three women protagonists in Les Intranquilles were the reflection of the struggle of Tunisian women for their freedom during the revolutionary period. The novel was revised in 2015.[3][4][5]

Besides being a doctor and writer, Azza Filali since 2011 has also collaborated in the writing of several articles in the media. She is a regular contributor to the newspaper La Presse de Tunisie.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Azza Filali (auteur de Ouatann) - Babelio". www.babelio.com. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  2. ^ a b "Littérature sans frontières - La romancière tunisienne Azza Filali". RFI (in French). 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  3. ^ Assouline, Pierre (2012-03-01). "Ecrire en Tunisie aujourd'hui". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  4. ^ Simon, Catherine (2014-11-06). "Azza Filali, prurit révolutionnaire". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  5. ^ "" Les Intranquilles " de Azza Filali : parabole d'une révolution inachevée". Nawaat (in French). Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  6. ^ "La parole retrouvée des Tunisiens". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  7. ^ Filali, Azza (2017-07-28). "De Donald Trump à la campagne présidentielle en FranceCet Occident donneur de leçons!" (in French). La Presse de Tunisie. Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2017-11-17.


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