Etel Adnan
24 February 1925 – 14 November 2021
Etel Adnan was a Lebanese-American poet, essayist and visual artist who wrote in French, English and Arabic. Her 1978 novel Sitt Marie-Rose, set during the Lebanese Civil War, became one of the best-known works of Lebanese fiction in translation. She taught philosophy of art in California for over a decade and gained wide recognition as a painter late in life, particularly after showing at Documenta 13 in 2012.
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Life events
Born on 24 February 1925 to a Greek Orthodox mother from Smyrna and a Syrian Muslim father.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe studied at the University of California, Berkeley and at Harvard University.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe taught at the Dominican College of San Rafael and started painting during these years.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe wrote for the French-language newspapers Al Safa and L'Orient-Le Jour.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe artist and publisher was her companion for the rest of her life.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe settled in Paris and later divided her time between France and California.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe book, written in French and set during the Lebanese Civil War, was widely translated.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe exhibition brought her paintings to a broad international audience in her late eighties.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe died on 14 November 2021 at the age of 96.
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