Zeina Hashem Beck

Bio: Zeina Hashem Beck is a Lebanese poet. Her third poetry collection, titled O, was published by Penguin Books in July 2022 and named a Best Book 2022 by Lit Hub and The New York Public Library. Her second full-length collection, Louder than Hearts (Bauhan Publishing 2017), won the 2016 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize. Her first book, To Live in Autumn (The Backwaters Press 2014), centered on Beirut, won the 2013 Backwaters Prize and was a runner-up for the 2014 Julie Suk Award. After a lifetime in Lebanon and a decade in Dubai, she recently moved to California with her husband and two daughters.

Events: Narrating the Middle East: The DC Arab Literature Festival