Yamina Mechakra Prize
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| Awarded for | Algerian literary award established to promote female literary production in Arabic, Tamazight (Amazigh), and French. |
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| First awarded | 2018 |
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The Yamina Mechakra Literary Prize is an Algerian literary award established in 2018 in tribute to the Algerian novelist and psychiatrist Yamina Mechakra (1949–2013). It aims to promote Algerian women's literature and rewards works written by women authors in Arabic, Tamazight (Amazigh), or French. The first edition was held in January 2019.[1][2][3]
History
The prize was first announced in September 2018 by the Algerian Ministry of Culture and officially launched during the annual meetings of the “Mediterranean-Africa Meeting of Young Women Writers” (RAMAJE). The first award ceremony took place in January 2019 at the Palais de la culture Moufdi-Zakaria in Algiers.[1]
Purpose and rules
The prize aims to promote Algerian women's writing in one of the two national languages: Arabic or Tamazight, in addition to French. The winners are selected by an all-female jury..[4]
Organization
- Organizer: Algerian Ministry of Culture, in coordination with RAMAJE meetings.[1]
- Jury: All-female. For the first edition, the chairs by language were Rabia Djelti (Arabic), Maïssa Bey (French), and Lynda Koudache (Amazigh).[4]
Prize
For the first edition, each laureate received a reward of 500,000 Algerian dinars, according to the Algerian press.[5]
Ceremonies and venue
The first ceremony was held at the Moufdi-Zakaria Palace of Culture in Algiers, in the presence of the then Minister of Culture, Azzedine Mihoubi.[6]
Laureates
The following table lists known laureates of the Yamina Mechakra Prize:
| Year | Language | Laureate | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Arabic | Djamila Talbaoui | Qalb El Isbani[7] | — |
| 2019 | French | Hédia Bensahli | Orages[6][8] | — |
| 2019 | Tamazight | Kayssa Khalifi | Ihulfan | Awarded posthumously[6] |
Reception and significance
The prize has been welcomed as an important initiative promoting female literary creativity and linguistic diversity in Algeria.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Création du prix littéraire Yamina Mechakra". Radio Algérie (in français). 22 September 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ↑ "Hommage à Yamina Mechakra". lexpression (in français). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ↑ "Yamina Mechakra, une étoile filante de la littérature algérienne". lalgerieaujourdhui.dz. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Prix Yamina Mechakra". Dhayen (in français). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ↑ "Valorisation des femmes creatrices par l'institutionnalisation de prix nationaux et internationaux pour la creation litte-raire et artistique portant le noms d'assia djebar, miriam makeba et yamina mechakra". unesco.org. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Le Prix Yamina Mechakra décerné à trois écrivaines". emb-argelia.pt (in français). 21 January 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ↑ "Lauréate du prix Yamina Mechakra..Djamila Talbaoui : "Écrire le Sahara, c'est préserver une mémoire et un héritage"". sila.dz. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
- ↑ Bensahli, Hédia (2023). L'Algérie juive: l'autre moi que je connais si peu. ISBN 978-2-494387-05-8. Retrieved 3 January 2026. Search this book on
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