http://neustadtprize.org/1996-neustadt-prize-laureate-assia-djebar/ “…we are lauding her here because she has given weeping its words and longing its lyrics.”—William Gass, “Encomium for Assia Djebar, 1996 Neustadt Laureate” (WLT Vol. 40, Autumn 1996) http://neustadtprize.org/1996-neustadt-prize-laureate-assia-djebar/