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Etel Adnan

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Lebanese-American writer and artist (1925-2021)

WritersLived 1925 to 2021 · aged 96
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Etel Adnan was a Lebanese-American poet, essayist, novelist, and visual artist, and the author of Sitt Marie Rose. In 2003, the academic journal MELUS called her "arguably the most celebrated and accomplished Arab American author writing today".

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Etel Adnan in Paris in 2016 after receiving a lifetime achievement award.[72]Etel Adnan in Paris in 2016 after receiving a lifetime achievement award.[72]

Awards 5

2020Griffin Poetry Prize
2014Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
2013Lambda Literary Award
2010PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
Lichtwark Prize

Connected to Etel 6

Jocelyne SaabAlso in A Letter from Beirut (1978)Joana HadjithomasAlso in Ismyrna (2016)Khalil JoreigeAlso in Ismyrna (2016)Anne CarsonAlso won Griffin Poetry PrizeSigmar PolkeAlso won Lichtwark PrizeJim HarrisonAlso won PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award

About this person

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2021 · aged 96
Written about in
25 languages

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