Emily Nasrallah
Emily Nasrallah ( Arabic إيميلي نصر الله, DMG Īmīlī Naṣr Allāh ; * July 6, 1931 in Kfeir , Lebanon ; † March 14, 2018 ) was a Lebanese writer who wrote in Arabic . Her birth name was Abi Rashed .
Life
She studied pedagogy against her father's wishes at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and then worked as a teacher, journalist and writer. In addition to novels and short stories, she wrote many children's books.
Nasrallah's main themes were the Lebanese civil war , village life in Lebanon and the emancipation of women. Her works have so far been translated into English, German, Danish, Dutch and Finnish.
The children's book Kater Ziku lives dangerously depicts the Lebanese civil war from the perspective of a cat. In her first novel Septembervögel , she described the life path of a young woman who breaks out of the confines of her conservative home village.
In 2017 Nasrallah was awarded the Goethe Medal .
She died on March 14, 2018 at the age of 86.
Works (selection)
- The pledge. Roman from Lebanon . From the Arabic by Doris Kilias . Lenos, 1996. ISBN 3-85787-252-7
- September birds . Translated from the Arabic by Veronika Theis. Lenos, 2003. ISBN 3-85787-677-8
- Flight against time . From the Arabic by Hartmut Fähndrich . Lenos, 2003. ISBN 3-85787-678-6
- The cat Ziku lives dangerously . Children's book, from the Arabic by Doris Kilias. Atlantis, Zurich 2004. ISBN 3-7152-0499-0
Contributions to anthologies
- Jutta Szostak and Suleman Taufiq: The real veil is silence . Fischer paperback, 1995. ISBN 3-596-12422-0
literature
- Khalid Al-Maaly / Mona Naggar: Lexicon of Arabic authors of the 19th and 20th centuries , Heidelberg, Palmyra Verlag, ISBN 3-930378-55-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Emily Nasrallah in the catalog of the German National Library
- official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Goethe medals awarded in Weimar. Three women honored for their commitment to human rights . In: boersenblatt.net , August 28, 2017, accessed March 14, 2018.
- ↑ Lebanese writer Emily Nasrallah dies at 87 . In: The Daily Star , March 14, 2018, accessed March 14, 2018
- ^ Writer Emily Nasrallah died , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on March 15, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nasrallah, Emily |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abi Rashed, Emily (maiden name); إيـمـيلي نصر الله (Arabic); Naṣrallāh, Imilī; Nasralla, Imili |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kfeir , Lebanon |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 2018 |