Rabia Djelti is mostly known as a poet but she is also a notable
novelist. Her latest novel Peppermint Nostalgia (حنين بالنعناع)
co-published in Lebanon and Algeria (2014) tells the story of a young
woman
Dhaouia who realises she has
wings. She becomes aware of a sixth continent in which all the human
artists no matter the era they influenced still live. Last year she
published the Prophetess (النبية) a long poem in the form of a narration
(here is an extract). She is, incidentally, the novelist Amin Zaoui’s
other half.
Her latest novel عازب حي المرجان was published last year in 2016 again by Difaf / El-Ikhtilef.
Some of her poetry was translated into French but most such translated works are not easily available or out of stock.
Le roman de Rabia Djelti حنين بالنعناع
a été co-publié par Difaf / El-Ikhtilef en 2014. Il raconte l'histoire de Dhaouia,
une jeune femme qui a des ailes. Elle devient consciente qu'un sixième
continent existe, et raconte son ascension vers ces nouveaux cieux.
