Vénus Khoury-Ghata
Encyclopedia
Vénus Khoury-Ghata is a Lebanese
writer
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In 1959, she was Miss Beirut.
She married French researcher Jean Ghata. She collaborated on Europe magazine, directed by Louis Aragon
, translating it into Arabic with other poets.
She has lived in Paris
since 1972 and has published several novels and collections of poems.
Lebanese people
The Lebanese people are a nation and ethnic group of Levantine people originating in what is today the country of Lebanon, including those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon prior to the creation of the modern Lebanese state....
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
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In 1959, she was Miss Beirut.
She married French researcher Jean Ghata. She collaborated on Europe magazine, directed by Louis Aragon
Louis Aragon
Louis Aragon , was a French poet, novelist and editor, a long-time member of the Communist Party and a member of the Académie Goncourt.- Early life :...
, translating it into Arabic with other poets.
She has lived in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
since 1972 and has published several novels and collections of poems.
Prizes
- 1980 Prize ApollinairePrix Guillaume Apollinaire-Winners:* 2010 : Jean-Marie Barnaud for Fragments d'un corps incertain * 2009 : Jacques Ancet for L'identité obscure * 2008 : Alain Borer for Icare & I don’t...
for "Les ombres et leurs cris", - 1987 Prize MallarméMallarmé prizeThe Mallarmé prize is a poetry prize awarded each year by the Académie Mallarmé to a French speaking poet....
for "Un Faux pas du soleil", - 1992 Grand Prix de la Société des gens de lettresSociété des gens de lettresThe Sociéte des gens de lettres de France is a writers' association founded in 1838 by the notable French authors Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, and George Sand...
for Fables pour un people d’argile, - Prize Jules SupervielleJules SupervielleJules Supervielle was a French poet and writer born in Uruguay.Jules Supervielle always kept away from Surrealism which was dominant in the first half of the twentieth century...
for "Anthologie personnelle", - Prize Baie des anges for "Le moine, l'ottoman et la femme du grand argentier"
External links
Biographie et bibliographie- "Vénus Khoury-Ghata: in conversation with Corinna Hasofferett", Jacket 18
- "The cloud hanging over the valley has been there forever . . ." Center for the Art of Translation Web Exclusive Content, Translated by Marilyn Hacker (English)