Georgia Makhlouf ( ar, جورجيا مخلوف) is a Lebanese writer in the

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, an editor and literary critic. She is a winner of the Prix Léopold Sedar Senghor and the Prix Ulysse.

Life and career

Georgia Makhlouf was born in

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. At the age of 20, during the

Lebanese civil war The Lebanese Civil War ( ar, الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية, translit=Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 120,000 fatalities a ...

, she left for Paris. At university, she worked on a thesis focussing on ideology in modern Lebanese children's literature. Makhlouf is an editor of ''L'Orient littéraire'' as well as a contributor to the literary supplement of the Lebanese daily ''

L'Orient-Le Jour ''L'Orient-Le Jour'' () is a leading French-language daily newspaper in Lebanon. History ''L'Orient-Le Jour'' was first published on 15 June 1971, following the merger of two French language Lebanese dailies, ''L'Orient'' (founded in Beirut in ...

''. She also writes interviews and articles for Huffington Post. In 2014, Makhlouf published her first novel, ''Les absents''. This was awarded the ninth Léopold Sedar Senghor prize for debut novel. It also won the Prix Ulysse of the Arte Mare festival. Makhlouf founded ''Kitabat'', an association to promote writing workshops in Lebanon. She lives in

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Selected works

* (France-Liban prize) * (Phénix prize) * (Léopold Sedar Senghor prize) * *

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Makhlouf, Georgia Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Lebanese writers 21st-century Lebanese women writers Lebanese journalists Lebanese novelists