Etel Adnan
is a Lebanese-American poet, essayist and painter. She studied Philosophy at the Sorbonne and at the universities of Berkeley and Harvard, and taught Philosophy in San Rafael, California. She travels widely for readings, lectures and exhibitions of her paintings. A bilingual poet and writer, she writes mainly in English.
Contributor's Issues
Banipal No 28 Spring 2007
Banipal No 10 /11, Spring 2001/Summer 2001
Banipal No 2 June 1998
Banipal No 8 Summer 2000
Banipal No 38 Arab American Authors
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