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Zeina Hashem Beck

Zeina Hashem Beck (Arabic: ) 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".

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 poetry collection "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, Beck's poem “Maqam" won Frederick Bock Prize. Her 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. Beck lives in Dubai, where she founded and hosts the open mic night PUNCH. She currently lives in California.

Works

Poetry collections

  • To Live in Autumn, 2013
  • 3arabi Songs, 2016
  • There Was and How Much There Was, 2016
  • Louder than Hearts, 2016
  • O, 2022

Poems

  • "We Who Have Decided to Live in Autumn", 2013
  • "Bench", 2013
  • "Ghazal: Back Home", 2015
  • "Dismantling Grief", 2015
  • "Adhan", 2015
  • "Body, She Means It", 2016
  • "Layla", 2016
  • "In One Day and Night" (original title: "Fi Youm Wi Leila"), 2016
  • "Crazy" (original title: "Majnun"), 2016
  • "Say Love Say God", 2016
  • "There Was and How Much There Was", 2016
  • "Triptych: Voice", 2017
  • "Maqam", 2017
  • "There, There, Grieving", 2018
  • "Daily", 2018
  • "Prophecy", 2018
  • "Escape", 2018
  • "What the Returning Do", 2018
  • "Ghazal: Hands"
  • "Dear White Critic", رفيقي في الرحيل
  • "Ode to the Afternoon", 2019
  • "Ghazal: With Prayer", 2019
  • "Souk", 2019
  • "Ode to Babel", نشيد الانتظار, 2019
  • "Ode to Disappointment", 2019
  • "Flamingos", 2019
  • "Ghazal: Back Home", 2019
  • "Poem Beginning and Ending with My Birth", 2020

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