Hala Alyan

Hala Alyan (born July 27, 1986) is a Palestinian-American writer and clinical psychologist who specializes in trauma, addiction, and cross-cultural behavior. Her writings and poetry cover aspects of identity and the effects of displacement, particularly within the Palestinian diaspora. Alyan is best known for her first novel, the 2017 work Salt Houses.

Hala Alyan
BornJuly 27, 1986
Carbondale, Illinois
NationalityPalestinian-American
Occupationpoet, novelist, clinical psychologist
Awards2013 - Arab American Book Award
2018 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Websitewww.halaalyan.com

Biography

Hala Alyan was born in Carbondale, Illinois, on July 27, 1986. Her family lived in Kuwait after her birth but sought political asylum in the United States when Iraqi forces invaded the country.[1] Alyan received her doctorate in clinical psychology at Rutgers University and works part-time at New York University in the Counseling and Wellness Center. She and her husband live in Brooklyn.[2]

Awards and works

Alyan's Atrium: Poems received an award from the Arab American National Museum in 2013.[3][4]

In Alyan's novel, Salt Houses, the Yacoub family, a Palestinian family, is forced to leave their home but after settling in Kuwait are forced to leave again during the invasion by Sadam Hussein.[4][5]

Alyan's poems have been published in journals and literary magazines.[6][7][8]

She was a visiting fellow at the American Library in Paris in the fall of 2018.

In 2018 she won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, an award given to writers whose writing is believed to promote peace.[9][10]

The Twenty-Ninth Year, a collection of Alyan's poems was published by Mariner in January 2019.[11][12] Her second novel The Arsonists' City will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2021.

Bibliography
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Novels

Poetry
Collections
  • Atrium.
  • Hijra.
  • The Twenty-Ninth Year. 2019.
List of poems
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected
Wife in reverse 2017 "Wife in reverse". The Believer. 14 (3): 73. Dec 2017 – Jan 2018.
Spoiler 2020 "Spoiler". The New Yorker. September 28, 2020.

References
  1. Keyes, Claire. "'Ink Knows No Borders' tells story of immigrant and refugee experience through poetry". North of Boston.
  2. Masad, Ilana (3 May 2017). "Middle East, Middle Class: Pain and Privilege in Hala Alyan's "Salt Houses"". Los Angeles. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  3. "2013 Arab American Book Award Winners". Arab American National Museum. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  4. Foundation, Poetry (3 March 2019). "Hala Alyan". Poetry Foundation.
  5. "Code Switch Book Club, Summer 2019". NPR.org.
  6. Alyan, Hala (1 December 2014). "Meals". Missouri Review. University of Missouri. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  7. LaBerge, Peter; Biggs, Garrett (August 2017). "CAN I APOLOGIZE NOW". The Adroit Journal (22). Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  8. Magazine, Poetry (4 March 2019). "Honeymoon by Hala Alyan". Poetry Foundation.
  9. Hemley, Robin. "2018 Fiction Winner - Salt Houses". Dayton Literary Peace Prize. The Ohio Public Library Network. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  10. "Hala Alyan, Ta-Nehisi Coates win Dayton Literary Peace Prize". AP NEWS. September 19, 2018.
  11. "Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2019". Literary Hub. 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  12. "When you turn 29, 'metamorphosis is not optional,' this poet says". PBS NewsHour. February 8, 2019.
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