Biography

Benfodil is an Algerian writer and journalist. He began his career writing poetry, novels and short stories. One of his three novels was awarded the Best Novel of 2003 in Algeria. El-Khabar newspaper awarded him the International Omar Ouartilane Prize for Press Freedom (2008). His collected poems and short stories will be published soon in Algeria. His plays were shown and/or published only in France. In 2009, he launched his Scattered Plays – Wild Readings across Algeria’s ‘underground’. Benfodil lives and works in Algeria and writes for Al-Watan daily newspaper.