Kaouther Adimi

Kaouther Adimi (born 1986) is a writer, graduate in modern literature and human resources management. She works today in Paris, where she has lived since 2009.

Life Kaouther Adimi was born in Algiers, Algeria, in 1986. From the age of four to the age of eight, she lived with her family in Grenoble, France. During this period, she discovered the pleasure of reading, by going to the public library every week with her dad.

In 1994, she returned to Algeria, which was then under the influence of terrorism. Having very few opportunities to read, she started to write her own stories. Des pierres dans ma poche, Paris: Éditions du Seuil, DL 2016. , Le Sixième Œuf, nouvelle sombre, in Alger, la nuit, éditions Barzakh, 2011 Nos richesses, éditions du Seuil, 2017. , Translated by Chris Andrews as Our Riches (New Directions, 2020). Les petits de Décembre, éditions du Seuil, 2019. Au vent mauvais, roman, éditions du Seuil, 2022.

Awards and honours

2011, Prix littéraire de la Vocation, for L'Envers des Autres 2015, Prix du roman de la fondation France-Algérie 2008, Prix du FELIV (Festival international de la littérature et du livre de jeunesse d’Alger) 2008, Prix du jeune écrivain de langue française, for Pied de vierge 2017, Prix Renaudot des lycéens for Nos richesses 2017, Prix du Style for Nos richesses 2018, Prix Beur FM Méditerranée for Nos richesses 2018, Choix Goncourt de l'Italie 2018 for Nos richesses. 2018, Special mention Prix littéraire Giuseppe Primoli for Nos richesses. 2020, Prix du roman métis des lycéens for Les Petits de décembre