Draft:Laure Ghorayeb
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Laure Ghorayeb (January1, 1931 - February 8, 2023) was a Lebanese artist, poet, editor, journalist and art critic.[1]
Biography[edit]
Ghorayeb was born in 1931 in Deir al-Qamar, Lebanon to a family of eight children. She received her education at the Saint Joseph de L'Apparition School. In 1955, she started her first job as a researcher in the Ministry of Education where she met the artist and writer Said Akl.[2]
In 1962, she joined the French newspaper L'Orient, translating Arabic poetry until 1965. In 1969, she then joined the Arabic newspaper An-Nahar as a cultural journalist and critic where she worked until 2016, almost 50 years.[3]
In 1966, she married actor Antoine Kerbaj with whom she had three children. One of her children is Mazen Kerbaj, the musician and cartoonist she would go on to collaborate with on multiple occasions.
Exhibitions[edit]
- 2019: "Correspondance(s)" with Mazen Kerbaj at the Sursock Museum in Beirut
- 2017: "Home Beirut: Sounding the Neighbors" group exhibition at the MAXXI Museum in Rome
- 2017: "Drunken Eyes" at the Janine Rubeiz Gallery in Beirut
- 2015: "L'Abécédaire" with Mazen Kerbaj at the Janine Rubeiz Gallery in Beirut
- 2010: "You, Me and the Wallpaper" with Mazen Kerbaj at the Janine Rubeiz Gallery in Beirut
- 2007: "From One Window, the Other" with Mazen Kerbaj at the Janine Rubeiz Gallery in Beirut
- 1966: "Noir & Blanc" at Gallery One on Phoenica Street, Beirut
Writing[edit]
- L'Abécédaire with Mazen Kerbaj, Headache Comics (2014)
- 33 jours, Editions Amers - Al Maslakh (2007)
- Temoignages (1985)
- A Crown of Thorns Around His Feet (1965) (self-published book of short stories in Arabic with black and white drawings)
- Noir... Les Bleus (1960)
Awards and recognition[edit]
- 2009: Salon d'Automne Prize with Mazen Kerbaj for their work "You and Me"
- 1997: Biennale of Alexandria, first prize for her triptych Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
- 1967: Paris Biennale, honorary prize for her work, "The Couple"
- 1962: Grant from the French Embassy for a six-month stay in Paris
References[edit]
- ^ "Laure Ghorayeb - Biography". Selections Publishing House. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
- ^ "LAURE GHORAYEB - Artists". Dalloul Art Foundation. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
- ^ "Laure Ghorayeb: Black on White". Kaph Books. Retrieved 2024-03-03.