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مرايا العابرات في المنام
مجموعة شعرية تنطلق من انتحار اثنتي عشرة شاعرة من اثني عشر بلداً باثنتي عشرة طريقة مختلفة (حبوب منومة، إطلاق نار، غرق، شنق، غاز، تحت عجلات قطار، قفز من شاهق، سم، مخدرات، قطع شرايين الرسغ، حريق، وكهرباء)، لتخترع لهؤلاء الشاعرات المنتحرات عوالم وميتات. تتقمصهن وتتماهي معهن وتتكلم باسمهن تارة، وتخاطبهن طوراً، ثم تروح تنقب في فلسفة عيشهن، وتعري أساليب انتحارهن وطقوسها، مقدمة تفسيرات وجودية وتخييلية لها، بناء على مثلث الدين والعلم والأدب. مجموعة عنيفة، صادمة، شرسة، فظة، وكابوسية. لماذا؟ لأنها تذهب إلى الموت بقصد الزواج به والإنجاب منه. أما الهدف، ولا هدف فتكثير نسله في الشعر، طريقتها: وجهاً إلى وجه، حتى الاستيلاء على المرايا الخلفية للمنام، والحصول على "تعاويذ" هذا الم&
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First published July 1, 2010
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About the author
Joumana Haddad
26 books567 followersJoumana Haddad (جمانة حداد) is a Lebanese poet, translator, journalist and women rights activist.
She’s been selected as one of the world’s 100 most powerful Arab women in March 2014 by CEO magazine Middle East (position 62), for her cultural and social activism.
She is head of the Cultural pages for "An Nahar" newspaper, and an instructor of creative writing at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. She’s also the editor-in-chief of Jasad magazine, a controversial Arabic magazine specialized in the literature and arts of the body.
She has already published several essays and poetry collections, widely acclaimed by critics. Her books have been translated to many languages and published abroad.
Speaking seven languages, Haddad is a polyglot and has written books in different languages, and has also published several works of translation, including an anthology of Lebanese modern poetry in Spanish, published in Spain as well as in many Latin American countries, and an anthology of 150 poets who committed suicide in the 20th century.
She interviewed many international writers, such as Umberto Eco, Paul Auster, Jose Saramago, Peter Handke, Elfriede Jelinek, and others.
Joumana Haddad has been awarded the Arab Press Prize in 2006.
In October 2009, she has been chosen as one of the 39 most interesting Arab writers under 39.
In November 2009, she won the International Prize North South for poetry, of the Pescarabruzzo Foundation in Italy.The winner of the novel prize was Austrian writer Peter Handke.
In February 2010, she won the Blue Metropolis Al Majidi Ibn Dhaher Arab Literary Prize.
In August 2010, she received the Rodolfo Gentili Prize in Porto Recanati, Italy.
In November 2012, she received the Cutuli Prize for journalism in Catania, Italy.
In July 2013, she was appointed honorary ambassador for culture and human rights for the city of Naples in the Mediterranean by the mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris.
In February 2014, she was awarded the “Career Poetry Prize” by the Archicultura Foundation in Acquiterme, Italy.
Haddad's magazine is the feature of a 2013 film by Amanda Homsi-Ottosson, Jasad & The Queen of Contradictions, a Women Make Movies release.
She’s been selected as one of the world’s 100 most powerful Arab women in March 2014 by CEO magazine Middle East (position 62), for her cultural and social activism.
She is head of the Cultural pages for "An Nahar" newspaper, and an instructor of creative writing at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. She’s also the editor-in-chief of Jasad magazine, a controversial Arabic magazine specialized in the literature and arts of the body.
She has already published several essays and poetry collections, widely acclaimed by critics. Her books have been translated to many languages and published abroad.
Speaking seven languages, Haddad is a polyglot and has written books in different languages, and has also published several works of translation, including an anthology of Lebanese modern poetry in Spanish, published in Spain as well as in many Latin American countries, and an anthology of 150 poets who committed suicide in the 20th century.
She interviewed many international writers, such as Umberto Eco, Paul Auster, Jose Saramago, Peter Handke, Elfriede Jelinek, and others.
Joumana Haddad has been awarded the Arab Press Prize in 2006.
In October 2009, she has been chosen as one of the 39 most interesting Arab writers under 39.
In November 2009, she won the International Prize North South for poetry, of the Pescarabruzzo Foundation in Italy.The winner of the novel prize was Austrian writer Peter Handke.
In February 2010, she won the Blue Metropolis Al Majidi Ibn Dhaher Arab Literary Prize.
In August 2010, she received the Rodolfo Gentili Prize in Porto Recanati, Italy.
In November 2012, she received the Cutuli Prize for journalism in Catania, Italy.
In July 2013, she was appointed honorary ambassador for culture and human rights for the city of Naples in the Mediterranean by the mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris.
In February 2014, she was awarded the “Career Poetry Prize” by the Archicultura Foundation in Acquiterme, Italy.
Haddad's magazine is the feature of a 2013 film by Amanda Homsi-Ottosson, Jasad & The Queen of Contradictions, a Women Make Movies release.
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April 10, 2022
Hay quien apunta ya que “Espejos de las fugaces”, poemario publicado en 2008 por la poeta libanesa Joumana Haddad, es una obra maestra de la literatura árabe contemporánea, una auténtica joya de la lírica en la que se alternan versos, prosa, diálogos y caligramas.
“Espejos de las fugaces” explora, entre el atrevimiento y la provocación, las causas y los porqués de los suicidios de doce poetas como Marina Tsvietaieva, Florbela Spanca o Sylvia Plath entre otras, y todo ello desde el...
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“Espejos de las fugaces” explora, entre el atrevimiento y la provocación, las causas y los porqués de los suicidios de doce poetas como Marina Tsvietaieva, Florbela Spanca o Sylvia Plath entre otras, y todo ello desde el...
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https://librosmagazine.wordpress.com/...
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