Lamia Ziadé Author

Lamia Ziadé is a Lebanese author, illustrator and visual artist. Born in Beirut in 1968 and raised during the Lebanese Civil War, she moved to Paris at 18 to study graphic arts. She then worked as a designer for Jean-Paul Gaultier, exhibited her art in numerous galleries internationally, and went on to publish several illustrated books, including Ma très grande mélancolie arabe which won the Prix France-Liban, Ô nuit, ô mes yeux and Bye bye Babylone. Emma Ramadan is a literary translator based in Providence, RI, where she also co-owns Riffraff bookstore and bar. She has received the PEN Translation Prize, the Albertine Prize, an NEA Translation Fellowship, and a Fulbright for her work. She was named the Translation Fellow for 2023 by the National Endowment of the Arts. Her translations include Sphinx and In Concrete by Anne Garréta, Pretty Things by Virginie Despentes, Zabor, or the Psalms by Kamel Daoud, and A Country for Dying by Abdellah Taïa.