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Etel Adnan

Lebanese-American writer and artist (1925-2021) · Lebanon · On the map · Writers · Died at 96

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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A life in dates

2021Died14 November 20212020Griffin Poetry PrizeAward2014Chevalier des Arts et des LettresAward2013Lambda Literary AwardAward2010PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary AwardAward1925Born24 February 1925

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Awards

Griffin Poetry Prize2020
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres2014
Lambda Literary Award2013
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award2010
Lichtwark Prize

About this person

Country
Lebanon
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2021 · aged 96

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