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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, S.J. After residing several years in Brussels she came to Kalamazoo, Michigan.
She obtained her Ph.D.
in Spanish Literature from Western Michigan University where she teaches Language and Literature courses. 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, Latin American Literary
Review and Inti among others.
She earned an M.A. in English Literature, an M.F.A.
in Fiction and Poetry and an M.A. in Spanish Literature from Western Michigan
University. Her poetry and fiction in French, Spanish and English have appeared
in magazines such as Linden Lane Magazine, Negative
Capability, Mizna Literary Journal, Sulphur River
Review, Parting Gifts, Letras Femeninas, Hofstra Hispanic Reciew, Puerto del Sol, The New York Quarterly, Nimrod and Poet Lore.
Her poetry and fiction appear
in several anthologies including Inclined to Speak: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry,
edited by Hayan Charara, U of Arkansas Press, in Come Together: Imagine Peace, edited by Philip Metres, Ann and Larry Smith, Harmony Series Bottom Dog Press; Her work also appears in Poetic Voices Without Borders Vol 2 edited by Robert Giron,Gival Press and Dinarzad's Children: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Fiction 2nd Edition, edited by Pauline Kaldas and Khaled Mattawa, U of Arkansas Press. Her translations from Spanish are
forthcoming in The Anthology of Dominican Poets edited by Nathalie Handal.
Her poetry manuscript, Tea in Heliopolis is under consideration
and she is currently working on a collection of
short stories.
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