May Menassa
May Menasssa | |
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| مي منسى | |
| Born | July 20, 1939 Beirut |
| Died | January 19, 2019 (aged 79-80) |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer, editor-in-chief, critic and translator |
| Notable work | Anta'il al-Ghubar wa Amsh |
| Relatives | Sister: Vénus Khoury-Ghata and Leila. Son: Walid Menassa |
| Awards | Shortlisted for the inaugural Arabic Booker Prize Lebanese order of merit |
May Menassa (Arabic: مي منسى; 20 July 1939 – 19 January 2019) was a Lebanese journalist, writer, editor-in-chief, critic and translator, best known as the author of Walking in the Dust and I Killed My Mother in Order to Live. She was the first woman to enter the Lebanese television business and joined the only public television network at the time Télé Liban. She wrote a lot of articles and about ten novels.