Lamia Makaddam

Lamia Makaddam (born 1971 in Sousse) is a Tunisian poet, journalist and translator.

Biography Lamia Makaddam was born in 1971 in Sousse, Tunisia.

She has written two books of poetry, and her work has been translated into English, French, Dutch, and Kurdish. She was awarded the al-Hijara Literary Prize in the Netherlands in 2000.

Awards al-Hijara Literary Prize, the Netherlands, 2000

Selected works

Books of poetry Intahā hāḏahi al-qaṣīda .. intahā hāḏā al-ḥubb (This poem is done, this love is done), 2015

Poems translated into English Two poems ("Poetry was created to solve family problems", "Love makes woman a man and man a woman"), World Literature Today, 2018 Four poems ("The bread seller", "If I ever wrote poetry", "A short skirt", "Something must break in the end"), Banipal, 2017 Three poems, Banipal