Mona Latif-Ghattas
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| Born | August 7, 1946 Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Canada |
| Genre | novel, short story, poetry |
Mona Latif-Ghattas (born August 7, 1946) is an Egyptian-born Canadian writer living in Montreal, Quebec.[1]
She was born in Cairo. She left Egypt in 1966 and lived in Montreal, studied theatre at the Université du Québec à Montréal and went on to earn a master's degree in drama at the Université de Montréal.[1][2]
She published her first novel Nicolas, le fils du Nil in 1985 and her first collection of poetry La triste beauté du monde in 1993. In 1996, she published a collection of short stories Les lunes de miel.[3] Her work has appeared in the journals Humanitas, Pratiques Théâtrales and . Latif-Ghattas' poetry collection Ambre et lumière received the Prix du Salon international des poètes francophones. She has published work in both French and Arabic.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Latif Ghattas, Mona" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
- ^ Makward, Christiane P; Cottenet-Hage, Madeleine (1996). Dictionnaire littéraire des femmes de langue française: de Marie de France à Marie NDiaye (in French). pp. 275–77. ISBN 2865376761.
- ^ New, William H (2002). Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. pp. 631–32. ISBN 0802007619.
- 1946 births
- Living people
- Canadian novelists in French
- Canadian women novelists
- Canadian poets in French
- Canadian short story writers in French
- Université de Montréal alumni
- Egyptian emigrants to Canada
- Writers from Cairo
- Writers from Montreal