Mona Latif-Ghattas (Egyptian Arabic: منى لطيف غطاس; August 7, 1946 - December 24, 2021) was an Egyptian-born Canadian writer living in Montreal, Quebec.[1]
Mona Latif-Ghattas | |
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| Born | August 7, 1946 Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | December 24, 2021 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Genre | novel, short story, poetry |
She was born in Cairo. She left Egypt in 1966 and lived in Montreal, studied theatre at the Université du Québec à Montréal and went on to earn a master's degree in drama at the Université de Montréal.[1][2]
She published her first novel Nicolas, le fils du Nil in 1985 and her first collection of poetry La triste beauté du monde in 1993. In 1996, she published a collection of short stories Les lunes de miel.[3] Her work has appeared in the journals Humanitas, Pratiques Théâtrales and La Nouvelle Barre du jour. Latif-Ghattas' poetry collection Ambre et lumière received the Prix du Salon international des poètes francophones. She has published work in both French and Arabic.[1]
Latif-Ghattas died on December 24, 2021, at the age of 75.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Latif Ghattas, Mona" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
- ^ Makward, Christiane P; Cottenet-Hage, Madeleine (1996). Dictionnaire littéraire des femmes de langue française: de Marie de France à Marie NDiaye (in French). pp. 275–77. ISBN 2865376761.
- ^ New, William H (2002). Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. pp. 631–32. ISBN 0802007619.
- ^ "Mona Latif-Ghattas Obituary". montrealgazette.remembering.ca. Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 16 February 2022.