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Faïza Guène

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born

January 01, 1985 in Bobigny, France

gender

female

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Faïza Guène is a French writer and director. Born to parents of Algerian origin, she grew up in Pantin, in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris. She attended Collège Jean Jaurès followed by Lycée Marcelin Berthelot in Pantin. She began studies in sociology at Université Paris VIII, in St-Denis, before abandoning them to pursue writing and directing full-time.

Her first novel, "Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow" was published in 2004 when Guène was nineteen years old. The novel has sold over 200,000 copies and been translated into twenty-two different languages, and paved the way for her following work, "Some Dream for Fools" (2006) and "Les gens du Balto" (2008).

Guène has also written for "Respect" magazine since 2005 and directed several short films, incl...more

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Books by Faïza Guène

Average rating: 3.37 · 606 ratings · 98 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow by Faïza Guène, Sarah Adams, Faiza Guene 3.36 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 2004 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Some Dream for Fools by Faïza Guène, Jennifer L. Johnson (Translator), Faiza Guene 3.28 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Bar Balto by Faïza Guène, Sarah Ardizzone (Translator) 3.26 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Ahlème, quasi francese 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Funny Bones by Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg, Faiza Guene 3.99 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1980 — 14 editions	My rating: