Hélé Béji
| Hélé Béji | |
|---|---|
| Native name | هالة الباجي |
| Born |
1948 Tunis, Tunisia |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
| Relatives |
Mondher Ben Ammar Tarak Ben Ammar Yasmine Torjeman-Besson |
Hélé Béji (Tunisian Arabic: هالة الباجي; born 1948) is a Tunisian writer.[1]
The daughter of Tunisian politician Mondher Ben Ammar, she was born in Tunis, passed her Agrégation de lettres modernes and went on to teach literature at the University of Tunis. She later joined UNESCO in Paris. In 1998, she founded the Collège international de Tunis.[2] She has expressed a great admiration for the author Marcel Proust and his influence can be seen in her fiction.[1] In 1983, she received the Prix de l’Afrique méditerranéenne awarded by the Association des écrivains de langue française. She has contributed to the magazines Le Débat and Esprit.[3]
She is the sister of movie producer Tarak Ben Ammar. Her niece Yasmine Torjeman-Besson married French politician Éric Besson.[3]
Selected works[1][2]
- Le Désenchantement national, essai sur la décolonisation, political essay (1982)
- L’oeil du jour, novel (1985)
- Itinéraire de Paris à Tunis, satire (1992)
- L'Art contre la culture, essay (1992)
- L’Imposture culturelle, essay (1997)
- Islam Pride, essay (2011)
References
- 1 2 3 Mortimer, Mildred P (2001). Maghrebian Mosaic: A Literature in Transition. pp. 229–30. ISBN 0894108883.
- 1 2 "Hélé Béji" (in French). Radio France Internationale.
- 1 2 "Mme Hélé Béji n'est pas nommée ambassadrice de Tunisie à Paris". Tunisie numerique (in French). March 25, 2011.