Hanan al-Shaykh

Hanan al-Shaykh was a Lebanese writer, journalist, playwright and novelist (born 1945). She was born at Lebanon.

Also recorded as Hanan al-Sheikh.

Overview

Born at Lebanon in 1945.

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Hanan al-Sheikh. Her recorded languages were Arabic and English. Her recorded confession was Islam.

One child is recorded: Juman Malouf.

Catalogued works

7 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

Women of Sand and Myrrh. Beirut Blues. The Story of Zahra. Suicide of a Dead Man. Ḥikāyatī sharḥ yaṭūl. One Thousand and One Nights. Locust and the Bird.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Hanan Al-Shaykh, Al-Raida Journal, 1970. The Fiction of Hanan Al-Shaykh, Reluctant Feminist, World Literature Today, 1991. THREE. Hanan al-Shaykh: Despair, Resignation, Masochism, and Madness, Sexuality and War, 2020. Subversive Discourses in Hanan Al-Shaykh: Pushing out the Boundaries of Arab Feminism in the Novel, Al-Raida Journal, 1970.

In detail

the recorded working language is Arabic and English.

Nuha Samara is recorded as an influence.

Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Chronology

  1. 1945Hanan al-Shaykh born at Lebanon.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Hanan al-Shaykh”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q290143: Hanan al-Shaykh

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