Arab American Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (2013) Winner
Joseph Geha
ジョセフ・ゲハ
Joseph Geha
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1944-01-01 （Zahle, Lebanon）
- Nationality
- Lebanon, United States
- Languages
- English, Arabic
- Residence History
- Zahle, Lebanon → Toledo, Ohio, United States → Ames, Iowa, United States
Career
- Occupations
- writer, short story writer, essayist, professor (emeritus), editor
- Active Years
- 1966-
- Affiliations
- Iowa State University, Missouri State University, Bowling Green State University, University of Toledo
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis de Sales High School (Toledo) | — | — | — | 1958–1962 | United States |
| University of Toledo | — | English | B.A. | 1962–1966 | United States |
| University of Toledo | — | English | M.A. | 1966–1968 | United States |
St. Francis de Sales High School (Toledo)
Period:
1958–1962
Year of Graduation:
1962
Country:
United States
University of Toledo
English
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1962–1966
Year of Graduation:
1966
Country:
United States
University of Toledo
English
Degree:
M.A.
Period:
1966–1968
Year of Graduation:
1968
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Pushcart Prize (Fiction) | — | 短編 | Pushcart Press | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Arab American Book Award (Winner) | Lebanese Blonde | 小説 | Arab American National Museum / (Arab American Book Award) | 受賞 |
| — | Permanent Collection, Arab-American Archive (Smithsonian Institution) | — | — | Smithsonian Institution | 選定 |
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1988
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞
Pushcart Prize (Fiction)
1990
Category:
短編
Organization:
Pushcart Press
Result:
受賞
Arab American Book Award (Winner)
2013
Work:
Lebanese Blonde
Category:
小説
Organization:
Arab American National Museum / (Arab American Book Award)
Result:
受賞
Permanent Collection, Arab-American Archive (Smithsonian Institution)
Organization:
Smithsonian Institution
Result:
選定
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Through and Through: Toledo Stories
1990 short fictionA collection of short stories set in Toledo, Ohio, exploring Arab-American experience, immigrant memory, family and identity.
immigrant experienceidentitymemoryfamily
Flyway: Arab American Writing
2002 anthology (editor)An anthology collecting work by Arab-American writers, featuring regional and cultural perspectives through stories and essays.
communitycultural memoryidentity
Lebanese Blonde
2012 novelA novel that follows a protagonist's personal and cultural search, dealing with Arab-American life, family, and intersections of past and present.
identityfamilyintergenerational immigrant tensions
Bibliography
- Through and Through: Toledo Stories (1990; expanded 2009)
- Flyway: Arab American Writing (editor, 2002)
- Lebanese Blonde (2012)
- Poems, plays, essays, short fiction (published in Esquire, The New York Times, etc.)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realist proseblend of humor and lyricismnarrative rooted in cultural memory
- Recurring Motifs
- food and cuisinefamily tiesnostalgia and memorydiaspora experience
Legacy
Joseph Geha is an important early voice in Arab-American literature. Through his Toledo-set stories and novels he has foregrounded immigrant experience and questions of identity. As an educator he mentored generations of students, and his work has attracted scholarly attention.
Archives
- Arab-American Archive, Smithsonian Institution (selected for Permanent Collection)
Trivia
- Moved from Lebanon to the United States with his family in 1946.
- Earned a B.A. (1966) and an M.A. (1968) from the University of Toledo.
- Received an NEA fellowship in 1988 and a Pushcart Prize in 1990.
- Won the Arab American Book Award in 2013 for the novel Lebanese Blonde.