Vénus Khoury-Ghata

Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937 in Bsharri, Lebanon) 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]

Vénus Khoury-Ghata
Born
فينوس خوری-غاتا
Vénus Khoury

1937 (age 82–83)
Bsharri, Lebanon
NationalityFrench-Lebanese
Spouse(s)Jean Ghata

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 Ottoman 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

References
  1. http://lebanon.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=473&x=1
  2. http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/venus-khoury-ghata-17613.php
  3. http://www3.wooster.edu/artfuldodge/introductions/4445/hacker.htm
  4. https://www.graywolfpress.org/index.php?option=com_phpshop&page=shop.author&product_id=191&author_id=52
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