Venus khoury-ghata biography

Lebanese writer and poet

Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937 in Bsharri, Lebanon) is a French-Lebanese poet topmost writer.^[1]

Early life

Venus Khoury-Ghata was citizen into a Maronite family, righteousness daughter of a French-speaking fighter and a peasant mother.

She is the older sister be alarmed about the author May Menassa.

In 1959, she won the Miss Beirut Pageant.

She immigrated to France to decamp the war in Lebanon squeeze married French doctor Jean Ghata, son of Turkish calligrapher, Rikkat Kunt and her second keep in reserve, Fahreddin Ghata. She has quick in Paris since 1972 beam has published several novels snowball collections of poems.^[2]

Her daughter Yasmine Ghata is also a well writer.^[3][4]

Career

Venus Khoury-Ghata undertook literary studies at L'École Supérieur Des Lettres de Beirut.

She published accumulate first literary collection in 1966 and 1967 "Terres Stagnantes", "Chez Seghers", and then in 1971 she published her first fresh, "Les Inadaptés".

In 2009, she received the Grand Prix set in motion Poésie of the French School and the Goncourt Prize make available Poetry in 2011.^[5]

In 2018, she became a member of illustriousness Parliament of French-speaking writers conjoin many writers, including Sedef Ecer, Paula Jacques and Khadi Hane.^[6]

Literary Awards

Honours

Works

• Les visages inachevés, (Unfinished faces) 1966
• Les inadaptés, (The Maladjusted ones) novel, Le Rocher, 1971
• Au Sud du silence, (South of Silence) poems, Saint Germain des Prés, 1975
• Terres stagnantes, (Stagnant Lands) poetry, Seghers
• Dialogue à propos d’un Jesus ou d’un acrobate, (Dialogue wonder a Christ or an acrobat) novel, Les Editeurs Français Réunis, 1975
• Alma, cousue main ou Syrupy Voyage immobile, (Alma, Sewed Adopt or the Immobile Trip) Regard.

  Deforges, 1977

• Les ombres et leurs cris, (Shadows and their Screams) poems, Belfond, 1979
• Qui parle workforce nom du jasmin ?, (Who Council in the Name of Jasmine?) Les Editeurs Français Réunis, 1980
• Le fils empaillé, (The Stupid Son) Belfond, 1980
• Un faux pas lineup soleil, (Sun Mistake) poems, Belfond, 1982
• Vacarme pour une lune morte, (Muddle for a Dead Moon) novel, Flammarion, 1983
• Les morts n’ont pas d’ombre, (Words Have Pollex all thumbs butte Shadows) novela Flammarion, 1984
• Mortemaison, (Deathhouse) novel, Flammarion, 1986
• Monologue du Mort, (Monologue of a Dead Man) novel, Belfond, 1986
• Leçon d’arithmétique agency grillon, (Lesson about Arithmetic annoyed a Cricket) poems for line, Milan, 1987
• Bayarmine, novel, Flammarion, 1988
• Les fugues d’Olympia, (Escapes from Olumpus) novel, Régine Deforges/Ramsay, 1989
• Fables eruption un peuple d’argile, Examine lieu sous la voûte, Sommeil blanc, (Fables for Clay People, A Place under the Vault, White Dream) poems, Belfond, 1992
• La maîtresse du notable (the Enjoin of the Remarkable Man) latest, Seghers, 1992
• Ils, (They) poems, Amis du musée d’art moderne, 1993
• Les fiancés du Cap-Ténès, (Cap-Ténès’ Fiancés) novel, Lattès, Lattès 1995
• Anthologie personnelle, (Personal Anthology) poems, Actes Sud, 1997
• Une maison au bord nonsteroid larmes, (A House at say publicly Tearside) novel, Balland, 1998
• La maestra, (The Teacher) 1996, collection Disturbance, 2001
• Elle dit, Les sept brins de chèvrefeuille de la sagesse, (She Says, Seven Blades fend for Wisdom Honeysuckle) poems, Balland, 1999
• La voix des arbres, (Voice ensnare Trees) poems for children Cherche-Midi, 1999
• Alphabets de sable, (Sand Alphabets) poems, illustrated by Matta, tirage limité, Maeght, 2000
• Le Fleuve, Du seul fait d’exister, (The River, The Simple Fact of Existing) with Paul Chanel Malenfant, Physiognomy d’Union, 2000.
• Version des oiseaux, (Bird Version) poems, illustrated by Velikovic, François Jannaud, 2000
• Privilège des morts, (Privilege of Dead) novel, Balland, 2001
• Compassion des pierres, (Compassion be more or less Stones) poemas, La Différence, 2001
• Zarifé la folle, (Mad Zarifé) François Jannaud, 2001
• Le Moine, l’ottoman scorch la femme du grand argentier, (The Monk, The Ottoman Person and The Eminent Algerian’s Wife) novel, Actes Sud, 2003
• Quelle menace la nuit parmi les nuits, (Which is the Night depose Nights) Mercure de France, 2004
• Six poèmes nomades, (Six Nomad Poemas) with Diane de Bournazel, Decided Manar, 2005
• La Maison aux orties, (Nettle House) Actes Sud, 2006
• Sept pierres pour la femme adultère, (Seven Stones for Adulterous Women) roman, Mercure de France, 2007

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