Georgia Makhlouf

Georgia Makhlouf at Escapades littéraires, 2016
Native name
جورجيا مخلوف
LanguageFrench
NationalityLebanese
Notable worksLes absents (2014)
Notable awardsPrix Léopold Sedar Senghor (2014)

Georgia Makhlouf (Arabic: جورجيا مخلوف) is a Lebanese writer in the French language, an editor and literary critic. She is a winner of the Prix Léopold Sedar Senghor and the Prix Ulysse.

Life and career

Georgia Makhlouf was born in Lebanon.[1] At the age of 20, during the Lebanese civil war, she left for Paris.[2] At university, she worked on a thesis focussing on ideology in modern Lebanese children's literature.[3]

Makhlouf is an editor of L'Orient littéraire as well as a contributor to the literary supplement of the Lebanese daily L'Orient-Le Jour. She also writes interviews and articles for Huffington Post.[1]

In 2014, Makhlouf published her first novel, Les absents. This was awarded the ninth Léopold Sedar Senghor prize for debut novel.[4] It also won the Prix Ulysse of the Arte Mare festival.[5]

Makhlouf founded Kitabat, an association to promote writing workshops in Lebanon. She lives in Paris.[1]

Selected works

  • Éclats de mémoire, Beyrouth, fragments d’enfance. Al Manar. 2005. ISBN 978-2913896352. (France-Liban prize)
  • Les Hommes debout : dialogue avec les Phéniciens. Al Manar. 2007. ISBN 978-2913896505. (Phénix prize)
  • Les Absents. Rivages. 2014. ISBN 978-2743626877. (Léopold Sedar Senghor prize)
  • Le Goût de l’Orient. Mercure de France. 2014. ISBN 978-2715234383.
  • Le Goût de la liberté. Mercure de France. 2016. ISBN 978-2715241541.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Georgia Makhlouf" (in French). Intersections littéraires d'Afrique et des Caraïbes. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  2. ^ Romain Chiron (1 November 2014). "Le Liban guide la plume de Georgia Makhlouf". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  3. ^ Edouard Glissant, ed. (1982). The Unesco Courier (PDF). UNESCO. p. 26. ISSN 0041-5278.
  4. ^ Manon Quinti (20 October 2014). "Le prix Léopold Sedar Senghor à Georgia Makhlouf". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  5. ^ Odile Auracaria (24 November 2014). "Bastia : Remise du Prix Ulysse du premier roman à Georgia Makhlouf". Corse Net Infos (in French). Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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