Renée Hayek
Renée Hayek (Arabic: رينيه الحايك) is a Lebanese writer and novelist.[1] She was born in Sarba and studied philosophy at the Lebanese University in Beirut. She has published a number of books, including short story collections and novels.
One of her short stories, "The Phone Call," has been translated and anthologised in a collection of stories by Lebanese women writers. Two of her recent novels, Prayer for the Family and A Short Life, were longlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize, in 2009 and 2011 respectively.
Selected works
[edit]- Portraits of Forgetfulness (short stories)
- The Well and the Sky
- The Land of the Snows
- Days of Paris
- Prayer for the Family
- A Short Life
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