Hyam Yared

{{Short description|Lebanese writer (born 1975)}}

Hiam Yared (born in Beirut in 1975) is a Lebanese writer, who has received numerous awards for her publications.{{Cite web |title=Hyam Yared |url=http://memoiredencrier.com/hyam-yared/ |access-date=2022-05-18 |language=en-US}}

She is the president of The Lebanese PEN Center.

Early life and education

Hiam was born in 1975 into a middle-class Christian family, and studied sociology at Saint Joseph University in Beirut. She first published a collection of poetry "Moon Reflections" in 2013, winning the gold medal for the Francophone Games in 2004, and published the second collection, "Water Wounds" in 2001. The publication of her collections has led to awards and invitations. Numerous poetry festivals, particularly in Canada, Portugal, Mexico and Sweden.{{Cite web |title=Biographie et actualités de Hyam Yared France Inter |url=https://www.franceinter.fr/personnes/hyam-yared |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=www.franceinter.fr |language=fr}} She also participated in many literary evenings in several countries and was the winner of the DUCA6 Stock Exchange{{Cite web |title=Fondation Simone et Cino Del Duca |url=https://www.institutdefrance.fr/lepatrimoine/fondation-simone-et-cino-del-duca/ |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=Institut de France |language=fr-FR}} awarded by the French Language Academy in 2007. Her work has been characterized by focusing on issues related to freedom,{{Cite web |title=Biographie et actualités de Hyam Yared France Inter |url=https://www.franceinter.fr/personnes/hyam-yared |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=www.franceinter.fr |language=fr}} union, traditions, and societal hypocrisy.{{Citation |title=قالب:استشهد بالويب/الفنلندية |date=2021-04-18 |url=https://ar.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8:%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A8/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%86%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9&oldid=53496693 |work=ويكيبيديا |language=ar |access-date=2022-05-18}}

Lebanese Pen Center

Yared is the founder and president of the Lebanese PEN Center.{{Cite web |title=Kateb Maktub |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Fm-o8YnkHlVuC4dWsjlk0yUeOznvzzzMxtG6CSJyKWU/edit?usp=embed_facebook |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=Google Docs |language=en-US}} Hiam started this position after her discussion with Eugene Shulgin, who expressed a desire to allow literature to be freer in the face of censorship and any form of fear.{{Cite web |title=Deux nouveaux venus sur la scène culturelle libanaise |url=http://www.lorientlitteraire.com/article_details.php?cid=85&nid=4362 |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=L'Orient Litteraire}}

Works

  • Reflections from the Moon, Beirut 2001.
  • Cabinet of Shadows, Paris, 2006.{{Cite web |title=Ombres et lumières |url=http://lorientlitteraire.com/article_details.php?cid=14&nid=6034 |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=L'Orient Litteraire}}
  • Damn it, France 2012.
  • Aesthetics of predation, Montreal 2013.{{Cite web |title=Esthétique de la prédation |url=http://memoiredencrier.com/esthetique-de-la-predation/ |access-date=2022-05-18 |language=en-US}}
  • Everything is a hallucination, Paris "French Literature" 2016.{{Cite web |title=Hyam Yared écrit pour trouer le silence |url=http://lorientlitteraire.com/article_details.php?cid=6&nid=6411 |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=L'Orient Litteraire}}

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