Andrée Chedid

Andrée Chedid was born in Cairo on 20 March 1920, into a Christian family of Lebanese origin. Brought up in Arabic, English and French, she studied at the American University in Cairo, married the physician Louis Selim Chedid and settled with him in Paris in 1946. A poet above all, she also published novels, short stories and plays, and in 1979 received the Goncourt for short stories. She died in Paris on 6 February 2011.

In the catalogue 1

• NovelThe Sixth DayLe Sixième JourAndrée Chedid · 1960Literature