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Yasmina Khadra, born Muhammad Moulsehoul in 1955 in Kénadsa, is an Algerian writer and military personnel. He writes in French and has been active since 1984. His notable works include *L'Attentat*, *Foundling's War*, *Ce que le jour doit a la nuit*, *Corazón de almendra*, *Le Dingue Au Bistouri*, and *Jaskółki z Kabulu*.
Khadr a has received the Knight of the Legion of Honour and the prix des Libraires. He resides in Canada.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 141
Top works
- Foundling's War
- Ce que le jour doit a la nuit
- Corazón de almendra
- Le Dingue Au Bistouri (French Edition)
- Jaskółki z Kabulu
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Key facts
- Native name
- ياسمينة خضراء
- Born
- Mohammed Moulessehoul , ( 1955-01-10 ) 10 January 1955 (age 71) , Kénadsa , Béchar Province , Algeria
- Pen name
- Yasmina Khadra
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Language
- French
- Notable works
- Algerian trilogy The Swallows of Kabul The Attack What the Day Owes the Night
- Notable awards
- Henri Gal Literature Grand Prize – 2011 Order of Arts and Letters, Officer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Muhammad
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Algeria
- Place of birth
- Kénadsa
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Languages spoken
- French
- Image
- Yasmina Khadra 2014.jpg
- Residence
- Canada
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- Commons category
- Yasmina Khadra
- date of birth
- 1955-01-10
- name in native language
- محمد مولسهول
- writing language
- French
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Mohammed Moulessehoul (Arabic: محمد مولسهول; born 10 January 1955), better known by the pen name Yasmina Khadra (Arabic: ياسمينة خضراء), is an Algerian author living in France, who writes in French. One of the most famous Algerian novelists in the world, he has written almost 40 novels, and has published in more than 50 countries. Khadra has often explored Algerian and other Arab countries' civil wars, depicting Muslim conflicts and reality, the attraction of radical Islamism to those alienated by the incompetence and hypocrisy of politicians, and conflicts between East and West. In his several writings on the Algerian war, he has exposed the regime and the fundamentalist opposition as the joint guilty parties in the country's tragedy.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yasmina Khadra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.