Vénus Khoury-Ghata

Vénus Khoury-Ghata is a Lebanese writer born in 1937. She has lived in Paris since 1972 and has published several novels and collections of poems

Prizes

* Prize Apollinaire for "Les ombres et leurs cris",
* Prize Mallarmé for "Un Faux pas du soleil",
* Prize Jules Supervielle for "Anthologie personnelle",
* Prize Baie des anges for "Le moine, l'ottoman et la femme du grand argentier"

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

External links

* [http://poezibao.typepad.com/poezibao/2005/06/vnus_khouryghat.html Biographie et bibliographie]