Hanna Mina
Hanna Mina ( Arabic حنا مينة) (Born March 9, 1924 in Latakia ; † August 21, 2018 ) was a Syrian writer .
Life
He was born in the port city of Latakia and grew up in poor conditions. After primary school he worked as a porter and later as a hairdresser. In the 1940s, Mina started writing, moved to Damascus and worked as a journalist. In 1954 he published his first novel The Blue Lamps . In addition to his writing activities, Mina worked for several years as a consultant in the Ministry of Culture. His work comprises two collections of short stories and numerous novels, including the autobiographical novel Fragments of Memory: A Story of a Syrian Family , (Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc, ISBN 1566565472 ). Hanna Mina was the Arab League's guest of honor at the 2004 Frankfurt Book Fair .
Works (selection)
- The blue lamps (1954)
- Leftovers of pictures (1994), Lenos-Verlag, Basel, ISBN 3-85787-225-X
- Sun on a cloudy day (2003), Lenos-Verlag, Basel, ISBN 3-85787-337-X
Web links
- Literature by and about Ḥannā Mīnā in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://gulfnews.com/news/mena/syria/prominent-syrian-novelist-dies-at-age-94-1.2269125
- ↑ http://www.perlentaucher.de/autoren/15910/Hanna_Mina.html
- ↑ http://www.zeno.org/Shop/F/0325-21086656-isbn-1566565472-mina-hanna-fragments-memory-syrian.htm
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mina, Hanna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | حنا مينة (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Latakia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 2018 |