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Hedy Habra (born Sabbagh) is of Lebanese origin. She was born in Heliopolis, Egypt and has lived in both countries. She received a B.S. in Pharmacy from the Faculté Française de Médecine et de Pharmacie of Beirut. After residing several years in Brussels she came to Kalamazoo, Michigan.
She obtained her Ph.D.
in Spanish Literature from Western Michigan University. Her doctoral dissertation explores the function of the visual in the creation of subworlds in the
narrative of the Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas
Llosa. Her critical essays on numerous Spanish and
Latin American authors have appeared in refereed
journals such as Revista de Estudios Hispánicos,
Alba de América, Explicación de Textos Literarios,
Confluencia, Hispanic Journal, Hispanófila, Afro-Hispanic
Review, Chasqui and Latin American Literary
Review, among others.
She earned an M.A. in English Literature, an M.F.A.
and an M.A. in Spanish Literature from Western Michigan
University. Her poetry and fiction have appeared
in magazines such as Linden Lane Magazine, Negative
Capability, Mizna Literary Journal, Sulphur River
Review, Parting Gifts, Puerto del Sol, Nimrod
and Poet Lore.
Her translations from Spanish and her poems are
forthcoming in The Anthology of Dominican Poets
and Arab American Writers and Diaspora Literature ,
both edited by Nathalie Handal. Her poetry is forthcoming
in Inclined to Speak: Contemporary Arab American Poets,
edited by Hayan Sharara. Her poetry manuscript,
Tea in Heliopolis is under consideration
and she is currently working on a collection of
short stories.
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