Among the important novelists of the 1980s were Rachid Mimouni, later vice-president of Amnesty International, and Tahar Djaout, murdered by an Islamist group in 1993 for his secularist views.
ɐmˌʌŋ ðɪ ɪmpˈoːɹtənt nˈɑːvɪlˌɪsts ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z wɜː ɹˈætʃɪd mˈɪmaʊni, lˈeɪɾɚ vˈaɪspɹˈɛzɪdənt ʌv ˈæmnəsti ˌɪntɚnˈæʃənəl, ænd tˈæhɑːɹ dʒˈeɪəˌʌt, mˈɜːdɚd baɪ ɐn ɪslˈɑːmɪst ɡɹˈuːp ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti θɹˈiː fɔːɹ hɪz sˈɛkjʊlɚɹˌɪst vjˈuːz.