Historical FigureFemale
Etel Adnan
1925 – 2021
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryEtel Adnan was a Lebanese poet, essayist, novelist, and visual artist, and the author of Sitt Marie Rose. In 2003, the academic journal MELUS called her "arguably the most celebrated and accomplished Arab author writing today".
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
February 24, 1925
Beirut
Date of death
November 14, 2021
6th arrondissement of Paris
Citizenship
Lebanon · United States · France
Occupations & fields
painterpoetessayistdraftspersonteacherwriter
Awards & honours
Lambda Literary AwardPEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary AwardChevalier des Arts et des LettresGriffin Poetry PrizeLichtwark Prize
- Field and occupation
- spisovatelka a výtvarnice
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