Rachid Mimouni (November 20, 1945 – February 12, 1995) was an Algerian writer, teacher and human rights activist.

Mimouni studied science at the University of Algiers

University of Algiers

The University of Algiers Benyoucef Benkhedda is a university located in Algiers, Algeria. It was founded in 1909 and is organized into seven faculties.-History:...

 before becoming a teacher at the École supérieure du commerce (business school) in Algiers. He was president of the Kateb Yacine

Kateb Yacine

Kateb Yacine was an Algerian writer notable for his novels and plays, both in French and Algerian Arabic dialect, and his advocacy of the Algerian Berber cause.-Biography:...

 foundation and he also held the position of vice-president at Amnesty International

Amnesty International

Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...

. He fled Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

 for France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 in 1993 to escape the civil war and the assassinations of intellectuals. He died in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 in 1995 of hepatitis

Hepatitis

Hepatitis is a medical condition defined by the inflammation of the liver and characterized by the presence of inflammatory cells in the tissue of the organ. The name is from the Greek hepar , the root being hepat- , meaning liver, and suffix -itis, meaning "inflammation"...

.

Mimouni wrote novels describing Algerian society in a realist style.

Works

• « Le printemps n'en sera que plus beau » (1978)
• « Le Fleuve détourné » (1982)
• « Une paix à vivre » (1983)
• « Tombéza » (1984)
• « L'Honneur de la tribu » (1989)
• « La ceinture de l'ogresse » (1990)
• « Une peine à vivre » (1991)
• « De la barbarie en général et de l'intégrisme en particulier » (1992)
• « La Malédiction » (1993)

Literary Awards

• Prix de l'Amitié Franco-Arabe (Fraco-Arab Friendship Award) for « L'honneur de la tribu » (1990)
• Prix de la critique littéraire : Ruban de la francophonie (Literary Critics Award, best Francophone novel) for « L'honneur de la tribu » (1990)
• Prix de littérature-cinéma du festival international du film à Cannes (Cannes Film Festival Film-Literature Award) for « L'honneur de la tribu » (1990)
• Prix de l'Académie française (Académie française Award) for « La ceinture de l'ogresse » (1991)
• Prix Hassan II des Quatre Jurys (Hassan II Four Juries Award ) for his complete works (1992)
• Prix Albert Camus (Albert Camus Award) for « Une peine à vivre et De la barbarie en général et de l’intégrisme en particulier » (1993)
• Prix du Levant (Levant Award) for « La malédiction » (1993)
• Prix Liberté Littéraire (Literary Freedom Award) for « La malédiction » (1994)
• Prix spécial Grand Atlas (Special Grand Atlas Award) for his complete works (1995)