Hedy Habra
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What I'm Reading Now, Book 1:
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki
What I'm Reading Now, Book 5:
The Library at Night
What I'm Reading Now, Book 2:
The Passion of the Western Mind
What I'm Reading Now, Book 3:
The Museum of Innocence
What I'm Reading Now, Book 4:
Snow
Prizes Won:
Hedy Habra’s collection of poetry, Tea in Heliopolis, won the 2014 USA Best Book Award for Poetry and was among four finalists for the International Book Award for Poetry. Her second collection of poetry, Under Brushstrokes was finalist for the 2015 USA Best Book Awards. Her collection of short fiction, Flying Carpets, won a 2013 Arab American National Book Award’s Honorable Mention for Fiction and was finalist for the 2014 Eric Hoffer Award for short fiction and the USA Best Book Award for short fiction. Habra received the All-University Research and Creative Scholar Award and the Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award, all from Western Michigan University. She is a recipient of the Nazim Hikmet Poetry Award, the Victoria Urbano Prize for fiction and poetry, Negative Capability’s Eve of St Agnes Awards, Linden Lane Magazine Awards, the Rubén Vela Award for her poetry in Spanish, and the Journal Français d’Amérique Award for her poetry in French. Her poetry was finalist for Nimrod’s Pablo Neruda Award and won honorable mention for the Tiferet Literary Journal Poetry Award.
Private E-mail:
hedy@habra.com
With whom do you prefer to work?:
Adults
In which languages are you fluent?:
Arabic
French
Italian
Spanish
First Name:
Hedy
Photo of the Author:
hedy_habra_headshot_11_copy.jpg
Last Name:
Habra
Yes
Are you interested in giving readings?:
Yes
Are you willing to travel to give readings?:
Yes
Listed as:
Fiction Writer, Poet
Application Accepted:
Application Accepted
Website:
HedyHabra.com [1]
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave,
Kalamazoo,
MI
49008
1230 Holiday Lane
Portage,
MI
49024
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Galatea Resurrects
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As it Ought to Be
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The Jordan Times
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American Book Review
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Geosi Reads