Amina Said

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Amina Said, also spelled Amina Saïd (born 1953 in Tunis) is a Tunisian author and poet. Her father is Tunisian and her mother is French. Said has been living in Paris since 1978, where she studied literature at the Sorbonne.[http://www.archiviodistato.firenze.it/memoriadonne/materiali_donne/said.htm Amina Saïd (Tunisia)] at the Archivio di Stato di Firenze {{in lang|it}} She has published several books of poetry, Tunisian folk stories, short stories and essays. Much of her work has been translated into other languages, mainly Arabic, German, Turkish, English and Italian.[http://www.banipal.co.uk/contributors/263/amina_said/ Amina Said] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930161535/http://www.banipal.co.uk/contributors/263/amina_said/ |date=September 30, 2011 }} in Banipal – Magazine of Modern Arab Literature Said has translated works by the Filipino writer Francisco Sionil José from English into French.

She is a member of the jury (poetry) for the {{ill|Prix Max-Pol-Fouchet|fr}}.{{Cite web|url=https://ouellette001.com/vivre/V9830avivre.htm|title=1993 Et le jour se fait femme, aquarelle, collages, extraits de poèmes du recueil Sable funanbules, Amina Saïd 1988.|website=ouellette001.com}} The Australian composer Richard Mills used her poetry for his work Songlines of the Heart's Desire (2007).