May Ziadeh
Lebanese-Palestinian poet and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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May Elias Ziadeh (/ziˈɑːdə/ zee-AH-də; Arabic: مي إلياس زيادة, ALA-LC: Mayy Ilyās Ziyādah;[lower-alpha 1] 11 February 1886[1][2] – 17 October 1941) was a Lebanese-Palestinian poet, essayist, and translator,[3] who wrote many different works both in Arabic and in French.[4]
May Ziadeh مي زيادة | |
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Born | (1886-02-11)11 February 1886 Nazareth, Vilayet of Syria |
Died | 17 October 1941(1941-10-17) (aged 55) Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt |
Pen name | Isis Copia |
Occupation | Writer |
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After attending school in her native city Nazareth and in Lebanon, May Elias Ziadeh immigrated along with her family to Egypt in 1908, and started publishing her works in French (under the pen name Isis Copia) in 1911. Gibran Kahlil Gibran entered into a correspondence with her in 1912. Being a prolific writer, she wrote for Arabic-language newspapers and periodicals, along with publishing poems and books. May Elias Ziadeh held one of the most famous literary salons in the modern Arab world in the year 1921.[5] After suffering some personal losses at the beginning of the 1930s, she came back to Lebanon where her relatives placed her in a psychiatric hospital. However, she was able to get out of it, and then left for Cairo, where she later died.[6]
May Elias Ziadeh was one of the key figures of the Nahda in the early 20th-century Middle Eastern literary scene and a "pioneer of Oriental feminism."[2][7][8]