Rabah Khedouci (Arabic: رابح خدوسي) is an Algerian writer and novelist. He has two novels and many story series for children. In 1990, his novel Alghoraba’a won the national prize "Iqbal".
Biography Rabah Khedouci was born in 1995 in Beni Misra, Algeria. He completed his education in Institute National De Formation Et De Perfictionnment Du Personnel De L'education. Between 1974 and 1997, he worked as a teacher and an education inspector. He is the founder of ‘Dar Alhadara’, a publishing house established in 1992. Also, he is the founder of ‘Almoa’alm’, an educational and cultural magazine that was started in 2000. Khedouci has two novels Addahya and Alghoraba’a which has won the national prize "Iqbal". His name emerged as one of the interested in children's literature as he published several story series including "A’alam Alfokaha", "Qisasi Aldjamila", and others.
Works
Novels The Victim (original title: Addahia), 1984
The Strangers (original title: Al-ghuraba’a), 1990
Short stories
The Burning of the Birds (original title: Ihtiraq Ala’assafir), 1988 The Smart Child (original title: Attifl Addaki), 1995 The Park of the Wolves (original title: Hadiqat Addia’ab), 2007 The Bread Seller (original title: Ba’aiat Alkhobz), 2007 The Car Ti Ti (original title: Assyara Ti Ti), 2007 Magtaa Kheira, 2007 Impressions of Man Returned from Cities of Beauty (original title: Intiba’at A’aid mun Mudun Aldjamal), 2009 Faces and Phenomenon (original title: Woujoh wa Dhawahir), 2014
Story series
My beautiful Stories (original title: Qissi Aldjamila) The World of Humour (original title: A’alam Alfokaha), 1994 Figures of Algeria (original title: A’alam Aldjazaee’r), 1997 Literature of Young-manliness (original title: Adb Alfutuwa), 2007
Awards He has won several local awards including:
The National Prize ‘Iqbal’ for his novel Alghouraba’a,1990 The Great Award ‘Ibda’a’ for children stories, 1992 The Ministry of Culture Award for writing for children, 1998
See also Abdelhamid ben Hadouga Abderrazak Belagrouz
References