Name May Murr | Died 2008 | |
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May Murr or Mayy Murr (Arabic: مي المر) (1929–-2008) was a Lebanese historian, writer, poet, and political activist.
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- May murr extrait sur l archeologie the lebanon i dream of
- Publications
- In Lebanese
- In French
- In Arabic
- Unpublished works
- References
She founded and presided, many cultural and social associations. She was a member of the Société des Gens de Lettres de France and of the Société Teilhard de Chardin, headquartered in Belgium. She was also the President of the Academy of Lebanese Thought and was a founding member of the political party the Guardians of the Cedars.
She taught at several universities and institutions such as the Lebanese University and the Lebanese Military School, in which she taught mathematics, literature, history, history of art and geography. She was also the sister of MP Michel Murr.
She figures among the woman poets in the Anthologie de la Poésie Féminine Mondiale. Many international critics have praised her poetry. Jean Cayrol wrote to her: 'May Murr, you are filled with poetry to infinity'. Said Akl wrote, in 1967, an article entitled 'A woman invades the conscience of Lebanon':
May Murr in 'Elissa', a Lebanese Shakespeare, has imposed herself as the creator of the Lebanese drama and a giant among giants... Whole volumes can be written about May Murr's art... May Murr is one of the authors who can create something new with the strangeness of a unique treatment; and in the domain of beauty, she creates wonders.
Publications
May Murr has written more than 3,000 articles on several subjects (theology, philosophy, politics, literature, arts, history, geography, social problems...) with an emphasis on the problems of the family, womanhood and childhood, in most of the major Lebanese newspapers and magazines, in three languages: Lebanese, French and Arabic.
She was the editor-in-chief of the weekly Lebnan since its creation in 1975 until 1982. She published in this weekly political articles, poems and extracts from Lubnaniyada, her epic poem in Lebanese Arabic (of some 30,000 verses) and historical essays which allowed her to call the history of Lebanon-Phoenicia the Giant of Histories, and to entitle her works on the history of Lebanon in 12 volumes (still manuscript) Lebanon-Phoenicia, Land of God.
In Lebanese
In French
In Arabic
May Murr has also published in the press three collections of Arabic classical poems:
Unpublished works
Many manuscripts written in collaboration with her husband, Alfred Murr, await publication: