Vénus Khoury-Ghata
Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937, in Bsharri) is a French-Lebanese writer.[1]
In 1959, she was Miss Beirut.
She married French researcher Jean Ghata. She collaborated on Europe magazine, directed by Louis Aragon, translating it into Arabic with other poets.[2]
She has lived in Paris since 1972 and has published several novels and collections of poems.[3]
Prizes
- 1980 Prize Apollinaire for "Les ombres et leurs cris",
- 1987 Prize Mallarmé for "Un Faux pas du soleil",
- 1992 Grand Prix de la Société des gens de lettres for Fables pour un people d’argile,[4]
- Prize Jules Supervielle for "Anthologie personnelle",
- Prize Baie des anges for "Le moine, l'ottoman et la femme du grand argentier"
- 2011 Prize of Goncourt for Poetry, for all her works
- 2012 Poetry Prize Pierrette Micheloud for "Où vont les arbres?"
Bibliography
- Les visages inachevés, (Unfinished faces ) 1966
- Les inadaptés, (The Maladjusted ones) novel, Le Rocher,1971
- Au Sud du silence, (South of Silence) poems, Saint Germain des Prés, 1975
- Terres stagnantes, (Stagnant Lands) poems, Seghers
- Dialogue à propos d’un Christ ou d’un acrobate, (Dialogue about a Christ or an acrobat) novel, Les Editeurs Français Réunis, 1975
- Alma, cousue main ou Le Voyage immobile, (Alma, Sewed Hand or the Immobile Trip) R. Deforges, 1977
- Les ombres et leurs cris, (Shadows and their Screams) poems, Belfond, 1979
- Qui parle au nom du jasmin ?, (Who Talks in the Name of Jasmine?) Les Editeurs Français Réunis, 1980
- Le fils empaillé, (The Stupid Son) Belfond, 1980
- Un faux pas du soleil, (Sun Mistake) poems, Belfond, 1982
- Vacarme pour une lune morte, (Muddle for a Dead Moon) novel, Flammarion, 1983
- Les morts n’ont pas d’ombre, (Words Have No Shadows) novela Flammarion, 1984
- Mortemaison, (Deathhouse) novel, Flammarion, 1986
- Monologue du Mort, (Monologue of a Dead Man) novel, Belfond, 1986
- Leçon d’arithmétique au grillon, (Lesson about Arithmetic for a Cricket) poems for children, Milan, 1987
- Bayarmine, novel, Flammarion, 1988
- Les fugues d’Olympia, (Escapes from Olumpus) novel, Régine Deforges/Ramsay, 1989
- Fables pour un peuple d’argile, Un lieu sous la voûte, Sommeil blanc, (Fables for Clay People,A Place under the Vault, White Dream) poems, Belfond, 1992
- La maîtresse du notable, (the Command of the Remarkable Man) novel, Seghers, 1992
- Les fiancés du Cap-Ténès, (Cap-Ténès’ Fiancés) novel, Lattès, Lattès 1995
- Anthologie personnelle, (Personal Anthology) poems, Actes Sud, 1997
- La maestra, (The Teacher)1996, collection Babel, 2001
- Une maison au bord des larmes, (A House at the Tearside) novel, Balland, 1998, Babel 2005
- Privilège des morts, (Privilege of Dead) novel, Balland, 2001
- Elle dit, Les sept brins de chèvrefeuille de la sagesse, (She Says,Seven Blades of Wisdom Honeysuckle) poems, Balland, 1999
- La voix des arbres, (Voice of Trees) poems for children Cherche-Midi, 1999
- Compassion des pierres, (Compassion of Stones) poemas, La Différence, 2001
- Zarifé la folle, (Mad Zarifé) François Jannaud, 2001
- Alphabets de sable, (Sand Alphabets) poems, illustrated by Matta, tirage limité, Maeght, 2000
- Le Fleuve, Du seul fait d’exister, (The River,The Simple Fact of Existing) with Paul Chanel Malenfant, Trait d’Union, 2000.
- Ils, (They) poems, Amis du musée d’art moderne, 1993
- Version des oiseaux, (Bird Version) poems, illustrated by Velikovic, François Jannaud, 2000
- Le Moine, l’ottoman et la femme du grand argentier, (The Monk, The Otoman Man and The Eminent Algerian’s Wife) novel, Actes Sud, 2003
- Quelle est la nuit parmi les nuits, (Which is the Night of Nights) Mercure de France, 2004
- Six poèmes nomades, (Six Nomad Poemas) with Diane de Bournazel, Al Manar, 2005
- La Maison aux orties, (Nettle House) Actes Sud, 2006
- Sept pierres pour la femme adultère, (Seven Stones for Adulterous Women) roman, Mercure de France, 2007
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