Jeanne Benameur

Jeanne Benameur, 2012

Jeanne Benameur (born 1952 in French Algeria) is a French woman writer. Her father was Algerian and her mother was Italian. The family moved to La Rochelle when Benameur was 5 years old.

A professor of French until 2001, Benameur has published with various publishing houses, most notably Éditions Denoël and . In spite of her multicultural origins (Algerian, Italian, and French), Benameur only writes in French. In 2001, her novel Les Demeurées won the Unicef Prize.^[1]

Her autobiography, ça t'apprendra à vivre, was published in 2006.

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