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.
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.