Yussef Bazzi
Yussef Bazzi (* 1966 in Beirut ) is a Lebanese writer, poet and journalist.
life and work
Bazzi took part in the Lebanese civil war as a fighter from 1980 to 1986 . Then he left Lebanon and processed his experiences literarily. Back in Beirut, he made a name for himself as a journalist for numerous cultural newspapers in the Arab world. As early as 1998, the Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature counted him among the representatives of a new Beirut style .
Yasser Arafat looked at me and smiled , his first narrative work, published in 2005 in a bilingual, Arabic-English edition. In 2007 the French translation was published by Gallimard and in 2009 the German by diaphanes Zurich-Berlin. He also published four collections of poetry. Bazzi received the Yousef al-Khal Poetry Prize .
Individual evidence
- ^ Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature; by Julie Scott Meisami, Paul Starkey; Taylor & Francis, 1998, ISBN 0415185718 , p. 148
- ↑ http://www.banipal.co.uk/contributors/contributor.php?conid=345
Works
- Yasser Arafat looked at me and smiled. diaphanes , Zurich; Berlin 2009. ISBN 978-3-03734-056-1
Web links
- Literature by and about Yussef Bazzi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview with Bazzi
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bazzi, Yussef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese writer, poet and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beirut |