Maïssa Bey

Samia Benameur better known by her pseudonym, Maïssa Bey, is an Algerian educator and writer.

Life She was born in Ksar Boukhari and teaches French in Sidi-Bel-Abbès in western Algeria. Au commencement était la mer. Her story collection Nouvelles d'Algérie was published in 1998 and received the Grand Prix de la nouvelle of the Société des gens de lettres. Her 2001 novel Cette fille-là was awarded the Prix Marguerite Audoux.

She was a co-founder of the Chèvre-feuille étoilée publishing house. In 2000, she helped establish Paroles et écriture, a cultural association of Algerian women. Pierre, Sang, Papier ou Cendre, novel (2008), received the Grand Prix du roman francophone SILA L'une et l'autre, autobiography (2009) Puisque mon cœur est mort, novel (2009)