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CHRONOLOGY
OF ANDREE CHEDID'S LIFE & WORKS |
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March
20, 1920 |
Andrée SAAB is born in Cairo,
Egypt to Alice (Khoury-Haddad) GODEL and Selim SAAB. Her mother's family was from
Damascus, Syria and her father's family was from Baabda
in Lebanon. |
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1926-34 |
Elementary education: a boarder at a Sacred Heart
school in Cairo |
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1934-38 |
Secondary education: a boarder at a Catholic
secondary school in Paris |
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1942 |
B.A. in journalism from the American University
in Cairo |
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August 23, 1942 |
Marriage to Louis CHEDID, her cousin, medical student |
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1943 |
Publication of her first collection of poetry in English, On
the Trails of My Fancy in Cairo. She chooses the
pseudonym, A. Lake or A. Lac in French:
Louis/Andrée/Chedid. The critics at the time think that this
poet is a soldier returning from the war.
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1943-46 |
Spends three years in Lebanon while her husband completes
medical school |
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April 13, 1945 |
A daughter, Michèle, is born in
Beirut, Lebanon. She is currently a painter who resides with her family in
Luxembourg |
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1946 |
Moves to Paris where both she and her husband become
French citizens; Dr. Louis Chedid begins his work
at the Pasteur Institute.
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January 1, 1948 |
A son, Louis, born in Ismailia, Egypt; currently a composer
and singer of popular music. His son, Mathieu, known as "M" is the
latest singing sensation in France. |
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1949 |
Publication of her first collection of poetry in French, Textes pour une
figure |
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1950 |
Publication of Textes pour un poème (poetry); she will use this title for her first
anthology in 1987 |
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1952 |
Publication of her first novel, Le Sommeil
delivré |
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1953 |
Textes pour le vivant (poetry) |
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1955 |
Textes pour la terre aimée (poetry); Jonathan
(novel); second version of this novel: Mon ennemi,
mon frère appears in 1982 |
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1956 |
Terre et poésie (poetry) |
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1957 |
Terre regardée (poetry) |
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1960 |
Seul le visage,(poetry); her third novel,
Le Sixième jour will become the text
for a film directed by Youssef * Chahine in 1986 |
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1963 |
Le Survivant (novel) |
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1965 |
Double-Pays (poetry); L'Etroite peau (short stories) |
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1966 |
Prix Louise Labé for her poetry |
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1968 |
Contre-chant (poetry); beginning of her
current collaboration with the publisher, Flammarion; three plays, Bérénice d'Egypte,
Les Nombres and Le Personnage
are also published; Le Coeur et le temps (poems for children) |
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1969 |
L'Autre (novel) will become the
text for the film of the same name, directed by Bernard Giraudeau in 1990; Le Montreur
(theatre); Le Liban (essay) |
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1971 |
Visage premier (poetry) |
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1972 |
Prix de l'Aigle d'or for her poetry; La Cité
fertile (novel); Le Dernier candidat
(theatre) |
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1973 |
Fêtes et Lubies (poetry); Prendre corps (poetry) |
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1974 |
Voix multiples (poetry); Néfertiti et le rêve d'Akhnaton (novel); Guy Levis-Mano
(essay) |
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1975 |
Grand Prix des Lettres Françaises de l'Académie Royale
de Belgique; Prix de l'Afrique
Méditerranéenne |
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1976 |
Prix de l'Académie Mallarmé for her poetry; Fraternité
de la parole (poetry); Cérémonial
de la violence (poetry) |
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1977 |
La Mort devant (engraving by Bernard Carlier); Andrée Chedid: Poètes d'aujourd'hui (Seghers) |
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1978 |
Cadences de l'univers: six poèmes (illustrated volume by Roger Bertemes);
Sommeil contradictoire
(illustrated volume by Jean Gourmelin); Les
Corps et le temps, suivi de l'Etroite peau (short
stories) |
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1979 |
Bourse Goncourt de la nouvelle; Cavernes
et soleils (poetry); Navigation des hommes (illustrated volume by H.E. Kalinowski); Lubies
(children’s book) |
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1980 |
La Fête à Zouzou (illustrated volume by
Mariette); Grandes oreilles,
tout oreilles (children’s book) |
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1981 |
Les Marches de sable (novel); Théâtre I (Bérénice d'Egypte, Les
Nombres, Le Montreur)
(first anthology of theatre) |
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1982 |
Mon ennemi, mon
frère
(novel) (second version of Jonathan) |
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1983 |
Epreuves du vivant (poetry); Derrière les
visages (short stories); L’Etrange
mariée (children’s book) |
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1984 |
Echec à la reine (theatre); Grammaire in fête (children's book) |
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1985 |
7 plantes pour un herbier (illustrated volume by
Tanguy Dohollau); La Maison
sans racines (novel) |
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1986 |
Prix Pierre Régnier de l'Académie Française; Sept textes pour un chant (illustrated volume by Donatienne Sapriel); the film, Le
Sixième jour, directed by Youssef
Chahine, is released. Prix Pierre Régnier de l'Académie Française; Sept textes pour un
chant (illustrated volume of poetry); the film, Le Sixième jour, directed by Youssef
Chahine, is released. |
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1987 |
Textes pour un poème (1949-1970) (first anthology of poetry) |
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1988 |
Receives honorary degree from her alma mater, the
American University in Cairo; Mondes, Miroirs, Magies (short
stories) |
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1989 |
Prix des Bibliothèques pour Tous, L'Enfant multiple (novel) |
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1990 |
Grand Prix de la Poésie de la Société des Gens de Lettres;
Prix Gutenberg |
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1991 |
Prix France Liban; Prix Pen Club
Français; Poèmes
pour un texte (1970-1991) (second anthology of
poetry); Au vif des vivants
(illustrated volume by Marc Pessin); Poèmes (illustrated volume by Jacques Izoard); Andrée Chedid: Textes pour un poème, Poèmes pour un texte (audiocassette); the film, L’Autre
(based on her novel), directed by Bernard Giraudeau,
is released for which Giraudeau is nominated for a César
under the category of Best First Work; Inauguration of the Chedid Media Library (renovated in 2013) in Meilleraie Tillay (Vendée)
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1992 |
A la mort, à la vie (short stories); Géricault
& Andrée Chedid
(illustrated volume) Second version: Dans
le soleil du père,
published in 1996; Les Saisons de passage
(illustrated volume by Michel Lablais); Marées (illustrated volume by Vilato)
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1993 |
Rencontrer l'inespéré (poetry); Etats: de l'image, du
souffle et des mots
(illustrated volume by Javier Vilato); La
Femme de Job (récit); Théâtre
II (Le Personnage, Echec
à la reine) (second anthology of theatre) |
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1994 |
Prix Paul Morand de l'Académie Française; Prix des Quatre Jurys; Le Grain nu
(illustrated volume); Les Métamorphoses
de Batine (illustrated volume by Solvej Crévelier); Reflets (illustrated by Jacques Clauzel); Territoires
du silence (illustrated by Novoa); A Travers
(illustrated volume); La Femme en rouge et autres nouvelles
(short stories) |
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1995 |
Par delà les mots (poetry); Petit
Horoscope pour rire (illustrated volume by
Jacques Clauzel); Conference: Andrée Chedid, novelist and poet, (May 19-20) organized by Sergio Villani at York University, Toronto, Canada. |
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1996 |
Prix Albert Camus; Sept: sept
textes de Chedid et sept gravures d'Erik Bersou (illustrated volume); Les Saisons de passage (récit);
Dans le soleil
du père (second version of Géricault
& Andrée Chedid);
Chedid translates the poetry of Alfredo Silva
Estrada, Saveur des traces, from
Spanish into French; Publication of the conference proceedings at York University: Andrée Chedid:
Chantier de l'écrit (Editions Albion Press). |
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1997 |
Le Jardin perdu: texte de Chedid et calligraphie de Hassan Massoudy (illustrated
volume); Origines (illustrated volume
by Jacques Clauzel); Naître
plus loin*(children’s book) |
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1998 |
Lucy, la femme verticale (récit);
Verlaine, l'athlète et moi,
suivi de Le Fauteuil vide (récits); Romans (anthology of novels); Automne (illustrated volume by Jacques Clauzel) ); a television program,Un
Siècle d’écrivains (France 3), devotes an
entire program to Andrée Chedid
and her work |
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1999 |
Prix SACEM for poetry; Territoires
du souffle (poetry); Guerres
(illustrated volume by Erik Bersou); L'Artiste et autres
nouvelles (short stories); Contre-recettes d’une
sous-douée (children’s book) |
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2000 |
Prix International de Poésie
Emmanuel Roblès; Le Message (novel); Le
Souffle des choses
(illustrated volume by Michèle Moreau); Radio interview
with Louis Chedid (France-Inter); Television
interview with Catherine Ceylac (Thé ou café,
France 2); Television interview with Bernard Pivot (Bouillon de Culture,
France 2); Interview with Pascale Frey (Special
issue of Lire); L'Ecorce et le destin (illustrated volume by Jacques Clauzel); Ambiences (illustrated volume by
Xavier) |
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2001 |
Prix Côté Femmes, Prix Louis Jouilloux, Grand Prix Paul Morand
(for her entire works) |
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2002 |
Petite terre, vaste rêve (récit);
Babel: Fable ou métaphore?
(with Louis Chedid); Bourse Goncourt de la poésie (for her entire works); Emerveillements
(illustrated volume by Jacques Clauzel). Conference: Aux frontières des deux genres, en hommage à Andrée Chedid (May 10-12) organized by Carmen Boustani à the Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon; Conference: Andrée Chedid, racines et liberté (May 27) organized by Université Villtaneuse (Paris 13) under the direction of Jacques Girault and Bernard Lecherbonnier. |
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2003 |
Rythmes (poetry) is her first work
published by Gallimard, Poursuites(
illustrated volume by Xavier); Publication of the conference proceedings at the Lebanese University, Aux frontières des deux genres, en hommage à Andrée Chedid (Editions Karthala). |
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2004 |
Publication of the conference proceedings: Andrée Chedid: Racines et Liberté (L'Harmattan)
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2005 |
Andrée Chedid:
Entre Nil et Seine: Entretiens avec Brigitte Kernel (interviews
with Brigitte Kernel) |
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2006 2009
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Vitesse de la lumière - Instantanés (illustrated volume by Christian Broutin, preface by Françoise Dax-Boyer); Andrée Chedid: A Bibliography by Roger E. Stoddard (Paris: Librairie Benoît Forgeot) Les Quatre
morts de Jean de Dieu (novel); L’Etoffe de l’univers (poetry)
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February 6, 2011 March 20, 2011
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Death of Andrée Chedid at the age of 90 in Paris from Alzheimer's. She is buried in Montparnasse Cemetery. A quotation by Chrétien de Troyes is engraved on her tombstone: Le corps s'en va, le coeur séjourne.
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October 19, 2011 2013
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Bertrand Delanoë, Mayor of Paris, renames the Beaugrenelle Library (15th arrondissement) in honor of Andrée Chedid; Andrée Chedid Media Library in Villemoisson-sur-Orge (Essonne) is created.
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2016 2017 |
On the fifth anniversary of Chedid's death, March 4-31, the city of Issy-les-Moulineaux honors her with lectures, exhibits and performances; Opening: March 8: in the presence of Dr. Louis Chedid who donated manuscripts, collages and books signed by Andrée Chedid; Lectures: March 10: Andrée Chedid: sculpteur des mots et son chantier du poème by Anne Craver; March 17: Sur les chemins de l'imaginaire by Judy Cochran; March 25: Andrée Chedid: historie d'un portrait par Carmen Boustani; Exhibits: March 4-31: Andrée Chedid and Xavier in pursuit of wonder and Sur les chemins de l'imaginaire, a perspective of the first poetic volume of Chedid, On the Trails of my Fancy and its translation, Sur les chemins de l'imaginaire (L'Harmattan) by Judy Cochran. |