Yahia Lababidi

Listed as:

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Public address:

Washington, DC

Email:

Lababidi.ink@gmail.com

Bio:

Yahia Lababidi, Egyptian-American, is the author of 8 critically-acclaimed books of poetry and prose. Most recently, Lababidi published his collection of essays and conversations, Revolutions of the Heart (Wipf & Stock, 2020). He is also the author of 2 books of aphorisms: Signposts to Elsewhere (Hay House, 2019) and Where Epics Fail (Unbound, 2018) --- the latter which Lababidi was invited to Oxford University to launch in the UK.

Featured on PBS NewsHour, Lababidi's aphorisms are generously endorsed by President Obama's inaugural poet, Richard Blanco. Lababidi's Balancing Acts: New & Selected Poems (1993-2015) debuted at #1 on Amazon's Hot New Releases.

His work has appeared on NPR, Best American Poetry, AGNI, World Literature Today, On Being with Krista Tippett and Lababidi has participated in international poetry festivals throughout the USA, Eastern Europe as well as the Middle East.

Nominated for a Pushcart Prize, three times, Lababidi's writing has been translated into several languages, including: Arabic, Hebrew, Slovak, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch, and Swedish.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

Arabic

English

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/YahiaLababidi

Born in:

Egypt

Website:

https://amzn.to/2L2jTEc [2]

Prizes won:

Aphorisms nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Tiferet Journal (2017) // Poetry nominated for Pushcart Prize by World Literature Today (2010)// and by Jam Tarts Magazine (2016) Prose nominated for Best of the Web, Dzanc (2010)// Poetry Finalist, Emerging Writer Fellowship, Fall 2010 (The Writer's Center: www.writer.org)// "Signposts to Elsewhere" (Jane Street Press) selected for Books of the Year, 2008, by The Independent (UK)and Year in Books, 2007, by The Sun Sentinel (USA)// Films, by Swoon, based on poems of mine, shown at International Festivals: Mountaineer(USA), Experimental Film (Kroatia) Visible Verse (Vancouver) Vimfest (México) and Bideodromo (Spain) all in 2011.// Chosen as a Juror for the 2012 Neustadt International Prize for Literature -widely considered to be the most prestigious international prize after the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Agent/Agency name:

Sherna Khambatta Literary Agency

Identifies as:

Arab American

Prefers to work with:

Any