Latifa Ben Mansour (born 1950 in Tlemcen

Tlemcen

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) is an Algeria

Algeria

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n writer and linguist.

Biography

Having studied Linguistics at the École Normale Supérieure d'Alger, where she obtained her Ph.D. in the subject, Ben Mansour went on to teach it at the University of Paris III

University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle

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 and communication

Communication

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s at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers

Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers

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She received the Prix méditerranéen de la nouvelle in 1996 for her short story "Le Cocu Cadi". Her novel, La Prière de la peur, 1997 (ed. La Différence) has been awarded the Prix Beur FM Méditerranée.