Amira Charfeddine

Amira Charfeddine
Native name
أميرة شرف الدين
Notable worksWild Fadhīla (ولد فضيلة)
Notable awardsAli Douagi Prize for Tunisian Arabic Literature

Amira Charfeddine (Arabic: أميرة شرف الدين, romanized: ʾAmīrah Sharf al-Dīn) is a Tunisian novelist. Her first novel, Wild Fadhīla (Fadhila's son), was written in Tunisian Arabic and is the first major Tunisian novel to feature a gay protagonist.[1] The novel was commercially successful,[2] selling 2,000 copies within a month of its release in April 2019.[1] It was awarded the Ali Douagi prize from the Derja Association for best work written in Tunisian Arabic in 2019.[3]

  1. ^ a b "كتاب 'ولد فضيلة': جرأة كاتبة في طرح جديد للمثلية في تونس" [The writer of Wild Fadhila: An author's audacity in a fresh approach to homosexuality in Tunisia]. tuniscope.com (in Arabic). 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  2. ^ Elmatinale: Amira Charfeddine, writer of Wild Fadhila, Channel 9, 2019-04-26, retrieved 2021-03-10
  3. ^ "جمعية دارجة تعلن عن قائمة الفائزين للكتب الصادرة باللغة العامية التونسية لسنة 2019" [The Derja Association announces the list of winners for books published in Tunisian vernacular for 2019]. www.jomhouria.com. 2020-02-22. Retrieved 2021-03-09.