Lisa Suhair Majaj | |
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Born | Hawarden, Iowa, United States |
Nationality | Palestinian-American |
Education | American University of Beirut, University of Michigan |
Occupation | Poet, scholar |
Lisa Suhair Majaj (1960) is a Palestinian-American poet and scholar. Born in Hawarden, Iowa, Majaj was raised in Jordan. She earned a B.A. in English literature from American University of Beirut and a M.A., A.B.D. in English literature and American culture from the University of Michigan. Her poetry and essays have been widely published. In 2007, she was awarded the Del Sol Press Annual Poetry Prize for her poetry manuscript Geographies of Light.[1]