Elias Khoury
Lebanese intellectual, playwright and novelist (1948–2024)
Biography
Elias Khoury (Arabic: إلياس خوري; 12 July 1948 – 15 September 2024) was a Lebanese novelist and advocate of the Palestinian cause. His novels and literary criticism have been translated into several languages. In 2000, he won the Prize of Palestine for his book Gate of the Sun, and he won the Al Owais Award for fiction writing in 2007. Khoury also wrote three plays and two screenplays.
From 1993 to 2009, Khoury served as an editor of Al-Mulhaq, the weekly cultural supplement of the Lebanese daily newspaper Al-Nahar. He also taught at universities in Middle Eastern and European countries, and the United States.
The ongoing struggles of Palestinians under occupation was a theme in much of his work.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- Columbia University
- Lebanese University
- American University of Beirut
- Lebanese American University
- New York University
Awards & honours (2)
- Order of Palestine for Culture, Science and Arts
- Prix du roman arabe
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- Elias Khoury died on September 15, 2024 at the age of 76.
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- Elias Khoury was born on July 12, 1948.
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- Elias Khoury was born in Ashrafieh.
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- Elias Khoury is a citizen of Lebanon.
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