Hoda Ablan

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Hoda Ablan
Born1971 (age 5354)
Ibb, Ibb Governorate, Yemen
Alma mater University of Sanaa
Period1989-present
GenrePoetry

Hoda Ablan (born 1971) is a Yemeni poet. [1]

Life and career

She was born in Ibb [2] and studied at the University of Sanaa, obtaining a bachelorr's degree in political science and economics in 1993. [3]

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Ablan has served as the secretary-general of the Yemeni Writers Union. She is married with children.

Works

Her first collection of poetry Wurud shaqiyat al-malamih (Roses with Mischievous Features) was published in Damascus in 1989. She has since published several other poetry collections. Her work has appeared in translation in several outlets including two issues of Banipal magazine (issues 8 and 36).

In anthologies

References

  1. "Contributors - Huda (Hoda) Ablan". Banipal .
  2. Obank, Margaret; Shimon, Samuel (2001). A Crack in the Wall: New Arab Poetry. Saqi Books. p. 15. ISBN   978-0-86356-329-4.
  3. Handal, Nathalie, ed. (2001). The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology. Interlink Books. p. 327.
  4. Boullata, Issa J. (Spring 2001). "The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology. (Arabic)". World Literature Today . 75 (2) via Gale.