Amina Said
Amina Said, also spelled Amina Saïd (born 1953 in Tunis) is a Tunisian author and poet. Her father is Tunisian and her mother is French. Since 1978, Said has been living in Paris, where she studied literature at the Sorbonne.
Amina Said
- Born
- 1953
- Birthplace
- Tunis
- Occupation
- Author and poet
- Education
- University of Paris
- Nationality
- French protectorate of Tunisia · Tunisia
- Honours
- Charles Vildrac Prize
- Languages
- French
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Amina Said, also spelled Amina Saïd (born 1953 in Tunis) is a Tunisian author and poet. Her father is Tunisian and her mother is French. Since 1978, Said has been living in Paris, where she studied literature at the Sorbonne.
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She has published several books of poetry, Tunisian folk stories, short stories and essays. Much of her work has been translated into other languages, mainly Arabic, German, Turkish, English and Italian. Said has translated works by the Filipino writer Francisco Sionil José from English into French. She is a member of the jury (poetry) for the Prix Max-Pol-Fouchet. The Australian composer Richard Mills used her poetry for his work Songlines of the Heart's Desire (2007).
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• Born — 1953 • Birthplace — Tunis • Occupation — Author and poet • Education — University of Paris
Selected works
Selected works
• Paysages, nuit friable, 1980, Éditions Barbare • Métamorphose de l'île et de la vague, 1985, Arcantère, Paris • Sables funambules, 1988, Arcantère/Écrits des forges • Feu d'oiseaux, 1989, Les Cahiers du Sud, Marseille • Nul autre lieu, 1992, Écrits des Forges, Quebec • L'une et l'autre nuit, 1993, Editions le Dé bleu, France • Marcher sur la Terre, 1994, Éditions de la Différence, Paris • Gisements de lumière, 1998, Éditions de la Différence, Paris
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Said received the Jean Malrieu Prize in 1989 for Feu d'oiseaux, and in 1994, the Charles Vildrac Prize.
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