List of Algerian women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Algeria or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Nora Aceval (born 1953), folk story writer
• Fadhma Aït Mansour (c.1882–1967), autobiographer
• Taos Amrouche (1913–1976), novelist, singer, first Algerian woman to publish a novel
• Leïla Aouchal (1936–2013), French-born Algerian writer, autobiographer

B

• Yamina Bachir (1954–2022), screenwriter, film director
• Samira Bellil (1972–2004), Algerian-born French feminist, author of the autobiographical Dans l'enfer des tournantes
• Nassira Belloula (born 1961), feminist journalist, novelist, poet, writing in French
• Myriam Ben (1928–2001), activist, novelist, poet, and painter.
• Latifa Ben Mansour (born 1950), novelist, playwright, short story writer, linguist
• Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun (born 1952), sociologist, politician, non-fiction writer
• Khadija Benguenna (born 1965), journalist, Al Jazeera television presenter
• Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker (1888–1942), first Jewish woman to be published in Algeria
• Maïssa Bey (born 1950), educator, short story writer, novelist

C

• Marie Cardinal (1929–2001), best selling novelist, film actress
• Corinne Chevallier (born 1935), historian, novelist
• Lynda Chouiten (fl. from 2012), French-language writer, educator
• Hélène Cixous (born 1937), educator, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, critic, feminist writer

D

• Djamila Debèche (1926–2010), novelist and journalist
• Assia Djebar, pen name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (1936–2015), novelist, translator, filmmaker
• Rabia Djelti (born 1954), poet, novelist, writing in Arabic

F

• Fadhila El Farouk (born 1967), journalist, novelist

G

• Fatima Gallaire (1944–2020), Franco-Algerian playwright, short story writer
• Salima Ghezali (born 1958), acclaimed journalist, women's rights activist
• Anna Gréki (1931–1966), poet

H

• Mimi Hafida (born 1965), poet, journalist, visual artist

L

• Djanet Lachmet (born 1948), novelist and actress
• Aïcha Lemsine (born 1942), French-language writer and women's rights activist

M

• Leïla Marouane (born 1960), journalist, creative writer
• Malika Mokeddem (born 1949), acclaimed novelist
• Ahlam Mosteghanemi (born 1953), poet, novelist, most widely read female Arabic-language writer

N

• Samira Negrouche (born 1980), medical doctor, poet

S

• Leïla Sebbar (born 1941), novelist, essayist, travel writer, critic, short story writer, educator

T

• Wassyla Tamzali (born 1941), lawyer, non-fiction feminist writer

W

• Zuhur Wanasi (born 1936), Arabic-language short story writer, journal editor, politician
• Maryse Wolinski (1943–2021), Algerian-born French journalist, novelist

Z

• Fatma Zohra Zamoum (born 1967), writer, filmmaker, educator

See also

• List of women writers
• List of Algerian writers