Vénus Khoury-Ghata

Vénus Khoury-Ghata is a Lebanese poet and novelist, resident in France since 1973. She is the author of many collections of poems and novels including Nettles, A House at the Edge of Tears and She Says. Her work has been translated into Italian, Russian, Dutch, German and Arabic, and she was named a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 2000.