Editing Mohammed Dib (section)

{{short description|Algerian writer}}
{{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. --> 
| name          = Mohammed Dib
| image         = Mohammed Dib (author).jpg
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| caption       = Early photo of Dib
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1920|7|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place   = [[Tlemcen]], [[Algeria]]
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2003|5|2|1920|7|21|df=yes}}
| death_place   = [[La Celle-Saint-Cloud]], France
| occupation    = Novelist, poet
| language      = French
| nationality   = Algerian
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| period        = 1950s- 2000s
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| notableworks  = ''the Algerian trilogy'', ''an african summer'', ''God in Barbary''
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| awards        = [[Fénéon Prize]]<br>[[Mallarmé prize]]
| signature     = SignatureMohamedDib.jpg
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'''Mohammed Dib''' ({{langx|ar|محمد ديب}}; 21 July 1920 – 2 May 2003) was an Algerian author. He wrote over 30 novels, as well as numerous short stories, poems, and children's literature in the [[French language]]. His work covers the breadth of 19th century Algerian history, focusing on Algeria's fight for independence.