About Mona Latif-Ghattas
Lived 1946 – 2021 (aged 75). Mona Latif-Ghattas was a Canadian writer, novelist, translator, storyteller and composer.
Mona Latif-Ghattas (; August 7, 1946 - December 24, 2021) was an Egyptian-born Canadian writer living in Montreal, Quebec.
She published her first novel Nicolas, le fils du Nil in 1985 and her first collection of poetry La triste beauté du monde in 1993. In 1996, she published a collection of short stories Les lunes de miel. Her work has appeared in the journals Humanitas, Pratiques Théâtrales and . Latif-Ghattas' poetry collection Ambre et lumière received the Prix du Salon international des poètes francophones. She has published work in both French and Arabic.
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Canadian writer (1946–2021)
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Mona Latif-Ghattas was born on 7 August 1946 in Cairo.
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Mona Latif-Ghattas died on 24 December 2021 in Montreal.
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Mona Latif-Ghattas was a writer, novelist, translator, storyteller and composer.
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