Salah Stétié

1929,1928 - 2020

Country of citizenship: France, Lebanon

Native language: French, Arabic

Languages spoken, written or signed: French, Arabic

Educated at: Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Occupation: poet, essayist, art critic, diplomat, literary critic, writer

Award received: Franco-Arabic Friendship Award, Prix Max-Jacob, Grand prix de la francophonie, Saint-Simon Award, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Knight of the National Order of the Cedar, Commander of the National Order of Merit, honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University, honorary doctor of the Cergy-Pontoise University

Official website: www.salahstetie.net

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Salah Stétié (Arabic: صلاح ستيتية) (28 September 1929 – 19 May 2020) was a Lebanese writer and poet who wrote in the French language. He also served in various diplomatic positions for Lebanon in countries such as Morocco and France. Although his mother tongue was Arabic, Stetie chose to write in French. Source: Wikipedia (en)