Mansour Eid

Mansour Eid
Born 1944
Bteddine El Loqch, Lebanon
Died 2013 (age 69)[1]
Beirut, Lebanon
Occupation Writer
Nationality Lebanese
Genre Novels, short stories, research

Mansour Eid (Arabic: منصور عيد) (1944–2013 )[1] is a Lebanese writer, novelist, researcher and poet.[2]

Biography

Mansour Eid was born in Bteddine El Loqch, a village of the Jezzine district in southern Lebanon in 1944. He completed his secondary studies in Our Lady of Mashmoushe School. He received a degree in philosophical and social studies from Arab Beirut University and a degree in Arabic Literature from the Lebanese University and a PHD degree in Arabic Literature from Saint Joseph University.

As of year 1965 and until his death in 2013, he taught Arabic language and literature as well as Philosophy in a number of Lebanese schools. He has been also the Chairperson of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department at Notre Dame University - Louaize as well as an Arabic instructor.

His early works mainly consisted of short stories, but then diversified into essays, research and novels (starting with The Phoenix Bird in 1998). Two of his major research works concerned the Lebanese writers, Boulos Salameh, and Emily Nasrallah. He also wrote a collection of poems, (The Vineyards' Melodies) which has won the Said Fayad Literary Prize in year 2007.[3]

Publications

Novels

Short Stories

Poetry

Studies & Essays

Children's Literature

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Death announcement in Annahar newspaper". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. "Mansour Eid profile on NDU website". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Said Fayad literary prize results on Lebanonfiles". Retrieved 5 August 2013.