Amel Mokhtar Explained

Amel Mokhtar
Native Name:آمال مختار
Occupation:Novelist • Journalist • Writer
Nationality:Tunisian
Native Name Lang:ar

Amel Mokhtar (; 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).

Biography

Mokhtar 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. 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.

Works

Novels

Short story collections

Awards and honours

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mamelouk, Douja. Redirecting al-nazar: contemporary Tunisian women novelists return the gaze. Doctoral dissertation, Georgetown University. 2010.
  2. Web site: 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. live. 2021-03-07. الترا تونس Tunis Utra. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125162807/https://ultratunisia.ultrasawt.com/%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%91%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AF%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7/%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B2%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A/%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%81%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B1 . 2020-11-25 .
  3. Web site: Prix comar d'or Tunisie : Prix littéraire tunisien. 2021-03-08. comar-d-or.comar.tn.
  4. Web site: 2013-04-24. 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. live. 2021-03-07. تورس Turess. https://web.archive.org/web/20130520140933/http://turess.com/attounissia/88542 . 2013-05-20 .
  5. Web site: 2007-08-03. وللمارد وجه جميل .. الكتابة سبيلاً للشفاء. The monster has a beautiful face: Writing as a way to heal. 2021-03-07. صحفي Sahafi.
  6. Web site: الجزيري. محمد الهادي. 2015-05-25. حفل الأشباح. Party of ghosts. 2021-03-07. ar.
  7. Web site: درغوث. نبيل. 2006-05-07. الكومار الذهبي في دورته العاشرة. The tenth annual COMAR d'Or prize. live. 2021-03-08. Diwan al-Arab. https://web.archive.org/web/20210308133621/https://www.diwanalarab.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%87%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A . 2021-03-08 .
  8. Web site: Marzouk. Hamza. 2014-11-17. Ctam'Art : prix remis ce mardi. 2021-03-08. L'Economiste Maghrébin. fr-FR.

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