Etel Adnan

Born in 1925 in Beirut to a Muslim Syrian father and a Christian Greek mother, Etel Adnan worked for the French Information Bureau at 16 years of age. She Attended Ecole Superieure des Lettres and taught at the Ahliya School for Girls.
Etel Adnan then studied philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris, the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard. She taught philosophy of art at Dominican College of San Rafael, California, and has presented courses, classes, and lectures at over forty universities and colleges throughout the United States.
Adnan creates oils, ceramics, and tapestry. She has also written more than ten books of poetry and fiction, including Sitt Marie-Rose, which has been translated into six languages. She lives in California, Paris, and Lebanon.
Her selected solo exhibitions include: Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, CA; Galerie Samy Kinge, Paris; Kufa Gallery, London; Gallery 50 x 70, Beirut, Lebanon. Her selected group exhibitions include: UNESCO, Paris; Midiath�que, Les Mureaux, France; L'Atelier, Rabat, Morocco; Mus�e de L'Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris; Forces of Change: Artists of the Arab World, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC.

Some of Etel Adnan's books are: Forces of Change: Artists of the Arab World (Published 1994)
The Arab Apocalypse (Published 1998)
From A to Z Poetry (Published 1982)
The Indian Never Had a Horse and Other Poems (Published 1985)
Journey to Mount Tamalpais : An Essay (Published 1986)
Of Cities and Women (Letters to Fawwaz) (Published 1993)
Paris When It's Naked (Published 1993)
The Spring Flowers Own and the Manifestations of the Voyage
There: In the Light of Darkness of the Self and of the Other (Published 1997)