| Nathalie Handal | |
| Born | July 29, 1969 Haiti |
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| Education | Master of Philosophy(English and Drama), Master of Fine Arts(Creative Writing and Literature), Master of Arts(English), Bachelor of Arts(International Relations and Communications) |
| Occupation | Poet, writer and playwright |
| Website http://www.nathaliehandal.com/ |
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Nathalie Handal (born July 29, 1969) is a poet, writer, playwright and literary researcher of Palestinian background. Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: In the usage of India, United Kingdom, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and some other countries the Master In the United States, a Master of Fine Arts ( MFA) is a Graduate degree typically requiring two to three years of study beyond the Bachelor's degree A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn [1][2] She has lived in the United States, the Caribbean, Europe and Latin America. [3]
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Biography
Handal's family hails from from Bethlehem, but she was born in Haiti in 1969. Bethlehem ( بيت لحم,, lit "House of Meat" Βηθλεέμ Bethleém בית לחם Beit Lehem, lit "House of Bread" is a Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: [1] Her parents who had lived in France, Switzerland and Boston, introduced her to French and Arabic literature.
Handal began writing creatively in high school, and also acted in plays, danced and sang in school productions. Later, at Simmons College, she was introduced to literary journals and magazines, and started writing poetry. Simmons College is a liberal arts women's college in Boston Massachusetts. She graduated from Simmons with a a Master of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Communications. A Master of Arts ( Latin: Magister Artium) is a Postgraduate academic Master's degree awarded by universities in a large Subsequently, Handal earned a MPhil in English and Drama at Queen Mary College, University of London, and a MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Bennington College, Vermont. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Queen Mary University of London (known as Queen Mary and Westfield College until 2000 and still officially named as such in its charter Queen Mary incorporates several The University of London is a university based primarily in London, England, UK. In the United States, a Master of Fine Arts ( MFA) is a Graduate degree typically requiring two to three years of study beyond the Bachelor's degree Creative writing is considered to be any writing Fiction or Non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, Journalistic, Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter Bennington College is a nationally recognized liberal arts college located in Bennington Vermont. Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. [4]
Writing career
Handal has published two anthologies of poems, two books of poetry, and several plays. Her stories and poems have also been anthologized in several literary periodicals.
The Poetry of Arab Women, an anthology edited by Handal, introduced several Arabian women poets to a wider audience in the west and is used in several university classes. [1] It was an Academy of American Poets bestseller and won the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award. The Academy of American Poets is the preeminent organization in the United States dedicated to the art of Poetry. According to its website PEN Oakland was founded in 1989 by Ishmael Reed, who came up with the idea and co-founders Floyd Salas, Reginald Lockett and Claire Her book The Lives of Rain was shortlisted for the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize. The Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize is a major American Literary award for a first full-length book of Poetry in the English language
She has given lectures on Ethnic-American literature at the Sorbonne in Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
Bibliography
- Poetry
- The Lives of Rain
- The Neverfield Poem
- The Poetry of Arab Women (Editor)
- Language for a New Century (Editor)
- Plays
- Between Our Lips
- The Details of Silence
- The Oklahoma Quartet
- The Stonecutters
- The Details of Silence
- La Cosa Dei Sogni
- CDs
- Traveling Rooms (1999) (collaboration with Russian musicians Vladimir Miller and Alexander Alexandrov)
- Spell (collaboration with Egyptian musician Will Soliman)
- Essays
- Mahmoud Darwish: Palestine's Poet of Exile at Progressive. Vladimir Miller is one of the few singers possessing the rare low-ranging Basso profondo voice Alexander Alexandrov (or Aleksandr Aleksandrov depending on transcription may refer to Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician and physicist org
References
- ^ a b c Nathalie Handal, writer is ambassador for W. Asia. Reuters, oneindia. This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson com (2006-12-21). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Retrieved on 2008-03-29. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King
- ^ Nathalie Handal. International PEN. For the "Postsecondary Education Network International" see PEN-International International PEN, the worldwide association of Retrieved on 2008-03-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
- ^ Handal, Nathalie (2004), “My country, my words:Reflections on a life as a writer”, in Darraj, Susan Muaddi, Scheherazade's Legacy: Arab and Arab American Women on Writing, Greenwood Publishing Group, pp. 37-48, ISBN 0275981762
- ^ "Nathalie Handal" (Fall 2005). Literati Magazine.
External Links
- Nathalie Handal's official website
- Profile of Nathalie Handal at the Institute for Middle East Understanding
- Nathalie Handal in Persian
- levantinecenter.org
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