Evelyn Shakir | |
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| Born | 1938 |
| Died | 2010 |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Boston University |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, author |
| Known for | literary scholar |
Evelyn Shakir (1938–2010) was a literary scholar. She was a pioneer in the study of Arab American literature,[1][2] publishing some of the first academic papers to name Arab American literature as a field.[3][4] She published several books, including Remember Me to Lebanon: Stories of Lebanese Women in America, a 2007 short story collection that won the Arab American National Book Award. Her memoirs were published posthumously as Teaching Arabs, Writing Self: Memoirs of an Arab-American Woman (Boston: Olive Branch Press, 2014). She is remembered on the Boston Women's Heritage Trail,[5] and the Arab American Book Award nonfiction prize was renamed in her honor.[1]
- ^ a b "Evelyn Shakir: Remembering a Writing Pioneer". Arab America. October 23, 2011.
- ^ Fahrenthold, Stacy (May 2, 2019). "Essential Readings: Emigration from the Levant, 1870-1930: A Primary in Mahjar Studies - Pioneering Works". Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative.
- ^ Pretending to Be Arab: Role-Playing in Vance Bourjaily's "The Fractional Man," by Evelyn Shakir, MELUS (Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States), Vol. 9, No. 1, Varieties of Ethnic Criticism (Spring, 1982), pp. 7-21.
- ^ Mother's Milk: Women in Arab-American Autobiography," by Evelyn Shakir. MELUS (Multi Ethnic Literature of the United States), Vol. 15, No. 4,(Winter, 1988), pp. 39-50.
- ^ "West Roxbury". Boston Women's Heritage Trail.