D. H. Melhem
She was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Nicholas Melhem and Georgette Deyrataui Melhem, both immigrants from Lebanon. She graduated from New York University cum laude and received her master's degree and a doctoral degree in English and American Literature from City College. Melhem moved to Long Beach, California, in 2012, and lived there until her death on June 15, 2013.
D. H. Melhem
- Born
- 1926
- Died
- 2013
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- poet · novelist · writer
- Education
- City College of New York · New York University · CUNY Graduate School and University Center
- Honours
- American Book Awards
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She was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Nicholas Melhem and Georgette Deyrataui Melhem, both immigrants from Lebanon. She graduated from New York University cum laude and received her master's degree and a doctoral degree in English and American Literature from City College. Melhem moved to Long Beach, California, in 2012, and lived there until her death on June 15, 2013.
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Melhem was a close personal friend of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, about whom she wrote a biography, Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry and the Heroic Voice.
She was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Nicholas Melhem and Georgette Deyrataui Melhem, both immigrants from Lebanon. She graduated from New York University cum laude and received her master's degree and a doctoral degree in English and American Literature from City College. She was a longtime resident of New York City, where her two children were born and raised. Melhem moved to Long Beach, California, in 2012, and lived there until her death on June 15, 2013. Melhem was a close personal friend of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, about whom she wrote a biography, Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry and the Heroic Voice.
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Poetry
* * • Poems for You (P&Q Press, 2000) • Of Country (CCC, 1998) *
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* * • Long Island Island Sounds (NSPS Press)
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1926
D. H. Melhem born.
2013
D. H. Melhem died.
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• 1991: American Book Award
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Melhem is recorded as having studied at City College of New York, New York University and CUNY Graduate School and University Center. The identifiers under which D. Melhem may be traced in institutional catalogues.
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