Joumana Haddad
Joumana Haddad is a Lebanese poet,
translator and journalist, born in Beirut in 1970. She is the editor in chief
of the cultural pages in An Nahar newspaper, as well as the
administrator of the IPAF literary prize (the íArab Bookerë). She speaks seven
languages and earned a doctorate in linguistics and translation at the
Sorbonne. She has already published several poetry collections, including Two
Hands to the Abyss and Lilith's return, widely acclaimed
by critics. She has also published several works of translation, including an
anthology of Lebanese modern poetry in Spanish, published in Spain as well as
in many Latin American countries. Her most recent publications are an anthology
of about 150 poets who committed suicide in the twentieth century (Death
Will Come and It Will Have Your Eyes), and a poetry collection about the
theme of suicide (Mirrors of the Passersby). Her books have been
translated to many languages and published abroad. A book of her selected poems
will appear this spring in the USA (Invitation to a Secret Feast, Tupelo
Press, Vermont). More info can be found at:
www.joumanahaddad.com.
