Lamia Makaddam
Lamia Makaddam is a Tunisian poet, journalist and translator.
Biography
Lamia Makaddam was born in 1971 in Sousse, Tunisia. She began writing poetry at an early age and, despite having no female mentors in poetry, was encouraged by her family and teachers in her writing. She published her first poem in the leftist newspaper Badil.She has written two books of poetry, and her work has been translated into English, French, Dutch, and Kurdish. She was awarded the al-Hijara Literary Prize in the Netherlands in 2000.
She has an MA in Arabic language and literature and, in addition to writing, works as a translator. She has lived in the Netherlands for 20 years and currently lives in Amsterdam.
Awards
- al-Hijara Literary Prize, the Netherlands, 2000
Selected works
Books of poetry
Intahā hāḏahi al-qaṣīda.. intahā hāḏā al-ḥubb, 2015Biṭaʻm al-fākiha al-šatwiyya, 2007Translations
Anta qulta, translation of the Dutch novel Jij zegt het, by Connie PalmenPoems translated into English
- Two poems, World Literature Today, 2018
- Four poems, Banipal, 2017
- Three poems, ''Banipal''