ic ▁and ▁French , ▁has ▁been ▁strongly ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁country ' s ▁recent ▁history . ▁Kn own ▁po ets ▁in ▁modern ▁Al ger ia ▁are ▁Mou f di ▁Zak aria , ▁Moh ammed ▁Al ▁A id ▁from ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁and ▁Ach our ▁Fen ni , ▁Am ar ▁Mer iech ▁and ▁Az rag ▁O mar ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁Fam ous ▁novel ists ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁include ▁Moh ammed ▁D ib , ▁Albert ▁Cam us , ▁Kate b ▁Y ac ine , ▁and ▁A hl am ▁Most eg han emi , ▁while ▁Ass ia ▁Dj eb ar ▁is ▁widely ▁translated . ▁Among ▁the ▁important ▁novel ists ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁were ▁Rach id ▁M im ou ni , ▁later ▁vice - pres ident ▁of ▁Am n esty ▁International , ▁and ▁T ah ar ▁D ja out , ▁murder ed ▁by ▁an ▁Islam ist ▁group ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁for ▁his ▁sec ular ist ▁views . ▁ ▁In ▁philosophy ▁and ▁the ▁human ities , ▁Jacques ▁Der r ida , ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁de const ruction , ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁El ▁Bi ar ▁in ▁Al gi ers , ▁Male k ▁B enn abi ▁and ▁Fr ant z ▁F anon ▁are ▁noted ▁for ▁their ▁thoughts ▁on ▁de colon ization , ▁August ine ▁of ▁Hi ppo ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Tag aste ▁( mod ern - day ▁Sou k ▁A hr as ), ▁and