TURIFIL Literatura del Mediterráneo 2025. Centre Cultural La Nau
Literary meeting with Yasmina Kadra
(TURIFIL Mediterranean Literature 2025)
With the participation of
Yasmina Khadra. Writer
Paul Pierroux-Taranto. Journalist and president of La Base Culture-Maison des Francophonies
Bouziane Ahmed Khodja. Writer and TVE journalist
Presents
Cristina García Pascual. Head of Narratives UV
Yasmina Khadra, pseudonym of the Argelian Mohammed Moulessehoul, was born the 10 January 1955 in Kenadsa, in the Argelian Sahara. Educated as a soldier, he developed his passion for literature while he served in the Argelian army. In the 90s, he adopted his pseudonym to dodge the military censorship, combining his wife's names, and he gained recognition with Morituri, the first novel of the ''Argelian foursome''. In 2000, he left the army and moved to France, where he revealed his identity when he published The Writer. Since then, he has become an international referent in literature, publishing a prolific work that includes titles as The Swallows of Kabul and The Attack. Two of his novels have been adapted to the cinema, and some other forms of art, consolidating his global impact.
Khadra addresses topics of great relevance in his books, such as the conflicts in the Middle East, the tensions between the East and the West, and radicalism in the Arab world. The defence of women and the focus on female characters appear as a leitmotiv in his work. His style combines direct language with a lyricism full of metaphors, inspired in authors like Saint-Exupéry, addressing complex topics in a poetical way.
He has been honoured with prestigious awards such as the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie française, and the Grand Prix de la Littérature Henri Gal. His works have been translated to more than 50 languages, something that reassured his relevant position in the contemporary literature. Yasmina Khadra is still a central figure in universal literature, and his work keeps inspiring readers, reviewers and creators all over.
Literary meeting in Valencia: Yasmina Khadra leads the TURIFIL 2025 panel discussion
This exceptional literary panel discussion will take place in La Nau Cultural Centre, in the framework of TURIFIL 2025, the annual event that connects the Mediterranean and francophone cultures.
Organized by Lepetitjournal.com, the newspaper French people abroad usually read, La Base Culture -Maison des Francophonies y el Parlement des écrivains de la méditerranée (PEM), this meeting will bring six Mediterranean francophone writers. Among these is Yasmina Khadra, sponsor of this edition and one of the most emblematic voices of contemporary literature.
Khadra has explored universal topics through her works, such as the cultural dialogue, social conflicts and shared humanity, consolidating himself as a global referent.
Bouziane Ahmed Khodja, writer and journalist in TVE, will chair the panel discussion, together with Paul Pierroux-Taranto, chief editor in Spain for Lepetitjournal.com and
president of La Base Culture.
The event will celebrate the historical connections between Valencia and the Mediterranean francophone countries, regions united by human and cultural exchange.
This rendezvous is a unique opportunity to enjoy an enlightening dialogue between authors and writers, exploring the connections that inspire and define the Mediterranean and francophone literatures.
Free entry, limited capacity
