In her novels, Barakat explores the external and internal borders individuals and communities erect. This talk continues her work of transcending boundaries.
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Limbus: On the State of Our World, a Conversation with Hoda Barakat
Join us for a conversation with Hoda Barakat on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 4:30pm at Haldeman Hall 41 (Kreindler Conference Hall). The event is sponsored by the Montgomery Fellows Program and is open to the public.
Born in Beirut in 1952, Hoda Barakat has lived in Paris since 1989. After graduating in French literature from the Lebanese University, she moved to Paris but returned home shortly after the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War (1975–90) and worked in education and journalism there.
Her powerful and innovative novels, written in Arabic, have been translated into almost twenty languages. These include The Stone of Laughter (1995), which features a gay male protagonist, and The Night Mail, which received the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. She has also been decorated twice by the French Ministry of Culture.
Barakat has taught at Dartmouth, Sorbonne Université, and other European and American colleges and universities. During her residency she will be teaching "Language and Rebellion: Arabic Literature in a Comparative Context" in the Middle Eastern Studies Program.
For more information, contact:
Ellen Henderson Ellen.Henderson@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL to this event: https://montgomery.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=70419