Joumana Haddad
Joumana Haddad (born December 6, 1970, Beirut) is a renowned Lebanese poet, translator and journalist.[1]
Career
She has already published several poetry collections, widely acclaimed by critics. Her books have been translated to many languages and published abroad.
Speaking seven languages, Haddad is a polyglot and has written books in different languages, and has also published several works of translation, including an anthology of Lebanese modern poetry in Spanish, published in Spain as well as in many Latin American countries, and an anthology of 150 poets who committed suicide in the 20th century.
She interviewed many international writers, such as Umberto Eco, Paul Auster, Jose Saramago, Peter Handke, Elfriede Jelinek, and others.
Joumana Haddad has been awarded the Arab Press Prize in 2006.
In 2009, she co-wrote and acted in a movie by Lebanese filmmaker Jocelyne Saab ("What's going on?"[2]). She also had an appearance in a documentary by filmmaker Nasri Hajjaj, about Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish.
In October 2009, she has been chosen as one of the 39 most interesting Arab writers under 39.[3]
In November 2009, she won the International Prize North South for poetry, of the Pescarabruzzo Foundation in Italy.[4] The winner of the novel prize was Austrian writer Peter Handke.
In February 2010, she won the Blue Metropolis Al Majidi Ibn Dhaher Arab Literary Prize[5]
In August 2010, she received the Rodolfo Gentili Prize in Porto Recanati, Italy.[6]
In addition, she is a performer and a collage artist.
Bibliography
Bibliography in Arabic
- Invitation to a secret feast, poetry, (2008)
- Two hands to the abyss, poetry, (2000)
- I did not sin enough, selected poems, (2003)
- Lilith's Return, poetry, (2004)
- The panther hidden at the base of her shoulders, selected poems, (2006)
- In the company of the fire thieves, Conversations with international writers, (2006)
- Death will come and it will have your eyes, Anthology of 150 poets who committed suicide, (2007)
- Bad habits, selected poems, (2007)
- Mirrors of the passers by, poetry, (2008)
Bibliography and translations of her books in English
- Invitation to a Secret Feast, poetry, 2008, Tupelo Press, Vermont, USA.
- Madinah, city stories from the Middle East, anthology, 2008, "Comma Press", Manchester, UK.[7]
- I Killed Scheherazade, Essay, 2010, “Saqi Books”, London, UK.[8]. The book has been translated to French, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Croatian, Norwegian and Arabic.[9]
Bibliography in Italian
- Le sette vite di Luca, Children's literature, 2011, Mondadori Junior, Milan, Italy.[10]
Bibliography in Spanish
- Allí donde el río se incendia, Antología poética, 2005, Ediciones De Aquí, Málaga, Espana, 2006, Fundación Editorial El Perro y la Rana, Caracas, Venezuela.
Bibliography in French
- Le temps d'un rêve, Poésie, (1995)
- Les amants ne devraient porter que des mocassins, littérature érotique, 2010, Editions Humus.[11]
Translations into other languages
- Damit ich abreisen kann, 2005, Lisan Verlag, Basel, Switzerland.
- Cuando me hice fruta, 2006, Monte Ávila Editores, Caracas, Venezuela.
- El retorno de Lilith, 2007, Editorial Praxis, Mexico, Mexico/ 2010, Diputacion Provincial de Malaga, Mar Remoto, Spain.[12]
- Le retour de Lilith, 2007, Editions L’Inventaire, Paris, France/ 2011, Editions Actes Sud, Paris, France.
- Liliths Wiederkehr, 2008, Verlag Hans Schiler, Berlin, Germany.
- Adrenalina, 2009, "Edizioni del Leone", Venice, Italy.[13]
- Il ritorno di Lilith, 2010, "Edizioni l'Asino d'Oro", Rome, Italy.[14]
- Lilits återkomst, 2010, Bokförlaget Tranan, Stockholm, Sweden.[15]
- Espejos de las fugaces, 2010, "Vaso Roto ediciones", Mexico.[16]
- Miroirs des passantes dans le songe, 2010, « Al Dante », Paris, France.[17]
- Las siete vidas de Luca, Literatura infantil, 2011, Vaso Roto, México, México.[18]
About her
- Devil
- "When I sit before you, stranger,
- I know how much time you'll need
- to bury the distance between us.
- You are at the peak of your intelligence
- and I am at the peak of my banquet.
- You are deliberating how to begin flirting with me,
- and I,
- under the curtain of my seriousness,
- am already done devouring you."
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"A poetry that is at once sensual and cerebral, anarchic and self contained"
"A complex poetry, sometimes ferocious, sometimes tender, always moving".
"An exceptional poetic voice that renders the transformations of freedom’s writing".
—Enrique Hernández De Jesús, Venezuelan poet and artist
"A breathtaking poetry, that goes to the extreme"
"A sumptuous and alluring voice, carefully drawing the reader in, before unveiling soulful insight and wisdom"
—Jeffrey Levine, American publisher
"A poet who tumbles down all stereotyped images of the Arab woman"
—Valentina Colombo, Italian orientalist
"She unfurls in her poems the tentacular word of the woman-hydra, giving way to the voice of a strong and magnificent woman"
—Brigitte Ouvry-Vial, French publisher
About I KILLED SCHEHERAZADE
"Joumana Haddad is a revolutionary, this book is the manifesto. Read it or be left behind."
"A very courageous and illuminating book about women in the Arab world. It opens our eyes, destroys our prejudices and is also very entertaining."
"Joumana Haddad is an authentic writer. She belongs to the rare species of intellectuals that cannot be intimidated. This book is a lesson of courage for all those who aspire, try and fight in order to go beyond their own limits and chains."
"In this courageous book, Joumana Haddad breaks down the taboo of the silent absent Arab woman. Scheherazade has to die to be able to tell her own story: that is, to become a human being."
References
- ^ http://www.banipal.co.uk/contributors/contributor.php?conid=71
- ^ http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=104143
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ http://bluemetropolis.org/index.php?id=73
- ^ http://worldartist.ning.com/events/ix-premio-rodolfo-gentili-da
- ^ http://www.commapress.co.uk/?section=books&page=Madinah
- ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Killed-Scheherazade-Confessions-Angry-Woman/dp/0863564275
- ^ http://www.http://www.ikilledscheherazade.com/
- ^ http://www.eprice.it/Letteratura-per-Ragazzi-MONDADORI/s-3408387
- ^ http://www.amazon.fr/amants-devraient-porter-que-mocassins/dp/2940127549
- ^ http://www.lacentral.com/9788477858447
- ^ http://www.kikah.com/indexarabic.asp?fname=kikaharabic\live\k4\2009-02-10\42.txt&storytitle=
- ^ http://www.ibs.it/code/9788864430355/haddad-joumana/ritorno-lilith.html
- ^ http://www.bokia.se/bok/9789186307103/lilits-aterkomst-joumana-haddad/
- ^ http://vasorotoediciones.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-post.html
- ^ http://www.lecomptoirdiff.com/archives/item/65-haddad-/-miroirs-des-passantes
- ^ http://www.laie.es/libro/las-siete-vidas-de-luca/701498/978-84-15168-10-2
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