Vénus Khoury-Ghata

Vénus Khoury-Ghata
فينوس خوری-غاتا
Born1937 (age 86–87)
Bsharri, Lebanon
NationalityFrench-Lebanese
SpouseJean Ghata
RelativesMay Menassa

Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937 in Bsharri, Lebanon) is a French-Lebanese poet and writer.

Early life

Venus Khoury-Ghata was born into a Maronite family, the daughter of a French-speaking soldier and a peasant mother. She is the older sister of the author May Menassa. In 1959, she won the Miss Beirut Pageant.

To escape the war in Lebanon she immigrated to France and married French doctor Jean Ghata, son of Turkish calligrapher Rikkat Kunt and her second husband Fahreddin Ghata. She has lived in Paris since 1972 and has published several novels and collections of poems.

Her daughter Yasmine Ghata is also a renowned writer.

Career

Venus Khoury-Ghata undertook literary studies at L'École Supérieur Des Lettres de Beirut. She published her first literary collection in 1966 and 1967 "Terres Stagnantes", "Chez Seghers", and then in 1971 she published her first novel, "Les Inadaptés".

In 2009, she received the Grand Prix de Poésie of the French Academy and the Goncourt Prize for Poetry in 2011.

In 2018, she became a member of the Parliament of French-speaking writers alongside many writers, including Sedef Ecer, Paula Jacques and Khadi Hane.

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Honours

Works

References

  1. ^ "Poetry International Web - Vénus Khoury-Ghata". Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Artful Dodge - Making Introductions - Marilyn Hacker and Venus Khoury-Ghata". Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Littérature. Rencontre avec Vénus Khoury-Ghata". Le Telegramme (in French). 4 March 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  4. ^ Meslée, Valérie Marin la (10 January 2012). "Vénus est son prénom". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. ^ Solym, Clément (8 December 2011). "Vénus Khoury-Ghata reçoit le Goncourt 2011 de la poésie" . les univers du livre d'actualité (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  6. ^ Lepais, Anne (21 September 2018). "La ville d'Orléans accueille le parlement des écrivaines francophones" . France 3 Centre Val de Loire (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2022.

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