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'''Nathalie Handal''' (born ], ]) is a ] ], ], ] and literary researcher of ] background.<ref name = oneindia >{{cite web |url=http://news.oneindia.in/2006/12/21/nathalie-handal-writer-ambassador-for-wasia.html |title= Nathalie Handal, writer is ambassador for W. Asia|date = 2006-12-21| accessdate=2008-03-29 |publisher= ], oneindia.com}}</ref><ref name = PEN>{{cite web |url=http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/1279 |title= Nathalie Handal |accessdate=2008-03-19 |publisher=]}}</ref> She has lived in the United States, the Caribbean, Europe and Latin America.<ref name = Darraj>{{citation|last = Handal| first = Nathalie| year = 2004| contribution = My country, my words:Reflections on a life as a writer| editor-last = Darraj | editor-first = Susan Muaddi | title = Scheherazade's Legacy: Arab and Arab American Women on Writing | publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group| isbn = 0275981762| pages = 37-48}}</ref> '''Nathalie Handal''' (born ], ]) is a ], ], ] and literary researcher of ] background.<ref name = oneindia >{{cite web |url=http://news.oneindia.in/2006/12/21/nathalie-handal-writer-ambassador-for-wasia.html |title= Nathalie Handal, writer is ambassador for W. Asia|date = 2006-12-21| accessdate=2008-03-29 |publisher= ], oneindia.com}}</ref><ref name = PEN>{{cite web |url=http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/1279 |title= Nathalie Handal |accessdate=2008-03-19 |publisher=]}}</ref> She has lived in the United States, the Caribbean, Europe and Latin America.<ref name = Darraj>{{citation|last = Handal| first = Nathalie| year = 2004| contribution = My country, my words:Reflections on a life as a writer| editor-last = Darraj | editor-first = Susan Muaddi | title = Scheherazade's Legacy: Arab and Arab American Women on Writing | publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group| isbn = 0275981762| pages = 37-48}}</ref>


==Biography== ==Biography==
Handal's family hails from from ], but she was born in ] in 1969.<ref name = oneindia/> Her parents who had lived in France, Switzerland and Boston, and had been part of the student revolutionaries in Europe, introduced her to French and Arabic literature and writings of ], ] and ], among others.<ref name = Darraj/> Handal's family hails from from ], but she was born in ] in 1969.<ref name = oneindia/> Her parents who had lived in France, Switzerland and Boston, introduced her to French and Arabic literature.


Handal began writing creatively in high school, and also acted in plays, danced and sang in school productions. Later, at ], she was introduced to literary journals and magazines, and started writing poetry. She also was a student activist concerned especially with the ]-], and Palestinian conflicts.<ref name = Darraj/> She graduated from Simmons with a a ] in English and a ] in ] and Communications. Subsequently, Handal earned a MPhil in ] and ] at ], ], and a ] in ] and ] from ], ].<ref name = literati>{{cite journal |year=2005 |month= Fall |title=Nathalie Handal |journal=Literati Magazine |volume= |issue= |pages= |accessdate=2008-03-19 |url=http://www.literati-magazine.com/magazine_features/fall05/readingroom/nathalie-handal.html }}</ref> Handal began writing creatively in high school, and also acted in plays, danced and sang in school productions. Later, at ], she was introduced to literary journals and magazines, and started writing poetry. She graduated from Simmons with a a ] in English and a ] in ] and Communications. Subsequently, Handal earned a MPhil in ] and ] at ], ], and a ] in ] and ] from ], ].<ref name = literati>{{cite journal |year=2005 |month= Fall |title=Nathalie Handal |journal=Literati Magazine |volume= |issue= |pages= |accessdate=2008-03-19 |url=http://www.literati-magazine.com/magazine_features/fall05/readingroom/nathalie-handal.html }}</ref>


==Writing career== ==Writing career==

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Nathalie Handal
File:Nathalie handal.jpgNathalie Handal
BornJuly 29, 1969
Haiti
EducationMaster of Philosophy(English and Drama),
Master of Fine Arts(Creative Writing and Literature),
Master of Arts(English),
Bachelor of Arts(International Relations and Communications)
Occupation(s)Poet, writer and playwright
Websitehttp://www.nathaliehandal.com/

Nathalie Handal (born July 29, 1969) is a poet, writer, playwright and literary researcher of Palestinian background. She has lived in the United States, the Caribbean, Europe and Latin America.

Biography

Handal's family hails from from Bethlehem, but she was born in Haiti in 1969. Her parents who had lived in France, Switzerland and Boston, introduced her to French and Arabic literature.

Handal began writing creatively in high school, and also acted in plays, danced and sang in school productions. Later, at Simmons College, she was introduced to literary journals and magazines, and started writing poetry. She graduated from Simmons with a a Master of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Communications. Subsequently, Handal earned a MPhil in English and Drama at Queen Mary College, University of London, and a MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Bennington College, Vermont.

Writing career

Handal has published two anthologies of poems, two books of poetry, and several plays. Her stories and poems have also been anthologized in several literary periodicals.

The Poetry of Arab Women, an anthology edited by Handal, introduced several Arabian women poets to a wider audience in the west and is used in several university classes. It was an Academy of American Poets bestseller and won the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award. Her book The Lives of Rain was shortlisted for the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize.

She has given lectures on Ethnic-American literature at the Sorbonne in Paris.

Bibliography

Poetry
  • The Lives of Rain
  • The Neverfield Poem
  • The Poetry of Arab Women (Editor)
  • Language for a New Century (Editor)
Plays
  • Between Our Lips
  • The Details of Silence
  • The Oklahoma Quartet
  • The Stonecutters
  • The Details of Silence
  • La Cosa Dei Sogni
CDs
Essays

References

  1. ^ "Nathalie Handal, writer is ambassador for W. Asia". Reuters, oneindia.com. 2006-12-21. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  2. "Nathalie Handal". International PEN. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  3. Handal, Nathalie (2004), "My country, my words:Reflections on a life as a writer", in Darraj, Susan Muaddi (ed.), Scheherazade's Legacy: Arab and Arab American Women on Writing, Greenwood Publishing Group, pp. 37–48, ISBN 0275981762
  4. "Nathalie Handal". Literati Magazine. 2005. Retrieved 2008-03-19. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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