Hedy Habra

Hedy Habra is a Lebanese-American poet, professor, fiction writer, literary critic and essayist. Born in Heliopolis, Egypt, she lived in both Egypt and Lebanon, as well as Athens, Greece, and Brussels, Belgium, before settling in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where she now resides.

Prior to moving to the United States, Habra completed a B.S. in Pharmacy at the Faculté Française de Médecine et de Pharmacie of Beirut, S.J. She holds an M.A. and an M.F.A. in English and an M.A. and PhD in Spanish Literature, which were all granted by Western Michigan University, where she currently teaches.

Habra is an avid student of languages, and is fluent in French, Arabic, English, Spanish and Italian. She studied Greek and Latin at WMU and Mandarin Chinese at the WMU Confucius Institute, along with Chinese Ink Painting and Tai Chi.

Recognition

Awards

The Taste of the Earth 2019 USA Best Books Awards Finalist.

Under Brushstrokes Finalist, 2016 International Books Awards, Poetry Category Finalist, 2016 USA Best Book Award, Poetry Category Nomination, 2016 Pushcart Prize, "How Much of Yourself Remains Within the Walls of a Home", "A Bird's Song, Unraveled", "Visiting my Mother in Montreal" Finalist, 2014 Eric Hoffer Book Award in Short Fiction Finalist for the 2014 USA Best Book Award in Short Fiction