Zeina Hashem Beck

Zeina Hashem Beck (Arabic: زينة هاشم بيك) is a Lebanese poet. She published five short story collections and many poems. She has won several awards including the Frederick Bock Prize in 2017 for her poem "Maqam".

Zeina Hashem Beck
Born
Lebanon
NationalityLebanese
EducationBA and MA in English Literature
Alma materAmerican University of Beirut
OccupationPoet, writer
Years active2013–present
AwardsWon Frederick Bock Prize for her poem "Maqam" in 2017
Websitehttp://www.zeinahashembeck.com/

Biography

Zeina Hashem Beck is a Lebanese poet and writer. She graduated from the American University of Beirut with a Bachelor's and Master's degree in English Literature. She published five short stories collections and many poems and has won several awards over the years. In 2013, her first short story "To Live in Autumn" won the Backwaters Prize and was a runner-up for the Julie Suk Award in 2014. In 2016, her chapbooks "3arabi Song" won the Rattle Chapbook Prize, and "There Was and How Much There Was) was chosen by Carol Ann Duffy for publication. In 2017, her poem “Maqam" won Frederick Bock Prize. Zeina's poetry was featured on The Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day and appeared in various magazines including Ploughshares, The New York Times Magazine, The Adroit Journal, The Rialto, Poetry London, and The Southeast Review. She currently lives in Dubai where she founded and hosts the open mic night PUNCH.[1][2][3][4]

Works

Short Story Collections
  • To Live in Autumn, 2013
  • 3arabic Songs, 2016
  • There Was and How Much There Was, 2016
  • Louder than Hearts, 2016

Poems
  • We Who Have Decided to Live in Autumn, 2013[5]
  • Bench, 2013[5]
  • Ghazal: Back Home, 2015[6]
  • Dismantling Grief, 2015[7]
  • Adhan, 2015[8]
  • Body, She Means It, 2016[9]
  • Layla, 2016[9]
  • In One Day and Night (original title: Fi Youm Wi Leila), 2016[10]
  • Crazy (original title: Majnun), 2016[11]
  • Say Love Say God, 2016[12]
  • There Was and How Much There Was, 2016[13]
  • Triptych: Voice, 2017[14]
  • Maqam, 2017[15]
  • There, There, Grieving, 2018[16]
  • Daily, 2018[17]
  • Prophecy, 2018[17]
  • Escape, 2018[18]
  • What the Returning Do, 2018[19]
  • Ghazal: Hands[20]
  • Dear White Critic, رفيقي في الرحيل[20]
  • Ode to the Afternoon, 2019[21]
  • Ghazal: With Prayer, 2019[22]
  • Souk, 2019[23]
  • Ode to Babel | نشيد الانتظار, 2019[24]
  • Ode to Disappointment, 2019[25]
  • Flamingos, 2019[26]
  • Ghazal: Back Home, 2019[27]
  • Poem Beginning and Ending with My Birth, 2020[28]

Awards and honors
  • Her short story collection "To Live in Autumn" won the Backwaters Prize in 2013.
  • Her short story collection "Louder than Hearts" won the May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize in 2016.
  • Her chapbook "3arabi Song" won the Rattle Chapbook Prize in 2016.
  • Her short story "There Was and How Much There Was" was selected by Carol Ann Duffy for 2016 Smit Doorstop Leaureate's Choice.
  • Her poem "Maqam" won Frederick Bock Prize in 2017.

See also

References
  1. "flourishing in the margins: an interview with Zeina Hashem Beck". Haran Poetry. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. Qualey, Lynx (3 July 2020). "Poet Zeina Hashem Beck: Not Choosing Between Arabic and English". Al-Fanar Media. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. "Zeina Hashem Beck". Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. "Zeina Hashem Beck". Zeina Hashem Beck. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  5. "Zeina Hashem Beck: Two Poems, with photographs by Rola Khayyat". 23 June 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  6. ""Ghazal: Back Home" by Zeina Hashem Beck". Rattle. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  7. "Dismantling Grief". Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  8. "Adhan". 32poems. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  9. "Three Poems". World Literature Today. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  10. "Fi Yom Wi Leila". Boulevard Magazine. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  11. "Majnun". Boulevard Magazine. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  12. "Say Love Say God — Zeina Hashem Beck". Ambit Magazine. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  13. "There Was and How Much There Was". at Length. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  14. "Zeina Hashem Beck – Triptych: Voice". Mom Egg Review Literature and Art. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  15. "Maqam". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  16. "There, There, Grieving". peots. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  17. "TWO POEMS BY ZEINA HASHEM BECK". The Lifted Brow. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  18. "Escape". Read Wildness. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  19. "What the Returning Do". Read Wildness. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  20. "Ghazal: Hands, DEAR WHITE CRITIC, ،رفيقي في الرحيل". The Adroit Journal. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  21. "ode to the afternoon". Ploughshares at Emerson Colloge. 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  22. "Ghazal: With Prayer". Poetry foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  23. "Souk". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  24. "Ode to Babel نشيد الانتظار". TriQuarterly. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  25. "Ode to Disappointment". TriQuarterly. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  26. "Flamingos". Southeast Review. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  27. "Poem 'Ghazal: Back Home'". The New York Times Magazine. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  28. "Poem Beginning & Ending with My Birth". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
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