| 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. |
| 1926-34 | Elementary education: a boarder at a Sacred Heart school in Cairo |
| 1934-38 | Secondary education: a boarder at a Catholic secondary school in Paris |
| 1942 | B.A. in journalism from the American University in Cairo |
| August 23, 1942 | Marriage to Louis CHEDID, medical student |
| 1943 | Publishes her first collection of poetry in English, On the Trails of My Fancy in Cairo. |
| 1943-46 | Spends three years in Lebanon while husband completes medical school |
| April 13, 1945 | Daughter, Michèle born in Beirut, Lebanon; currently a painter who resides with her family in Luxembourg |
| 1946 | Moves to Paris where both she and her husband become French citizens; Dr. Louis Chedid begins his work at Institut Pasteur |
| January 1, 1948 | 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 |
| 1949 | Publishes her first collection of poetry in French, Textes pour une figure |
| 1950 | Textes pour un poème (poetry); she will use this title
for her first anthology in 1987 |
| 1952 | Publishes her first novel, Le Sommeil delivré |
| 1953 | Textes pour le vivant (poetry) |
1955 |
Textes pour la terre aimée (poetry); Jonathan (novel); second version of this novel: Mon ennemi, mon frère appears in 1982 |
| 1956 | Terre et poésie (poetry) |
| 1957 | Terre regardée (poetry) |
| 1960 | Seul le visage,(poetry); her third novel, Le Sixième
jour will become the text for a film directed by Youssef Chahine in 1986 |
| 1963 | Le Survivant (novel) |
| 1965 | Double-Pays (poetry); L'Etroite peau (short stories) |
| 1966 | Prix Louise Labé for poetry |
| 1968 | Contre-chant (poetry); beginning of her current collaboration with the publisher, Flammarion; her plays, Bérénice d'Egypte, Les Nombres and Le Personnage are also published; Le Coeur et le temps (poems for children) |
| 1969 | L'Autre (novel) will become the text for the film of the same name, directed by Bernard Giraudeau in 1990; Le Montreur (play); Le Liban (essay) |
| 1971 | Visage premier (poetry) |
| 1972 | Prix de l'Aigle d'or for poetry; La Cité fertile (novel); Le Dernier candidat (play) |
| 1973 | Fêtes et Lubies (poetry); Prendre corps (poetry) |
| 1974 | Voix multiples (poetry); Néfertiti et le rêve
d'Akhnaton (novel); Guy Levis-Mano (essay) |
| 1975 | Grand Prix des Lettres Françaises de l'Académie Royale
de Belgique; Prix de l'Afrique Méditerranéenne |
| 1976 | Prix de l'Académie Mallarmé for poetry; Fraternité
de la parole (poetry); Cérémonial de la violence (poetry) |
| 1977 | La Mort devant (illustrated volume of poetry) |
| 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) |
| 1979 | Bourse Goncourt de la nouvelle; Cavernes et soleils (poetry); Navigation des hommes (illustrated volume by H.E. Kalinowski); Lubies (children’s book) |
| 1980 | La Fête à Zouzou (illustrated volume by Mariette); Grandes oreilles, tout oreilles (children’s book) |
| 1981 | Les Marches de sable (novel); Théâtre I (Bérénice
d'Egypte, Les Nombres, Le Montreur) (first anthology of plays) |
| 1982 | Mon ennemi, mon frère (novel) (second version of Jonathan) |
| 1983 | Epreuves du vivant (poetry); Derrière les visages (short stories); L’Etrange mariée (children’s book) |
| 1984 | Echec à la reine (play);Grammaire in fête (children's book) |
| 1985 | Sept plantes pour un herbier (illustrated volume of poetry); La Maison sans racines (novel) |
| 1986 | 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. |
| 1987 | Textes pour un poème (1949-1970) (first anthology of poetry) |
| 1988 | Receives honorary degree from her alma mater, the American University in Cairo; Mondes, Miroirs, Magies (short stories) |
| 1989 | Prix des Bibliothèques pour Tous, L'Enfant multiple (novel) |
| 1990 | Grand Prix de la Poésie de la Société des Gens
de Lettres; Prix Gutenberg |
| 1991 | Prix France Liban; Prix Pen Club Français; Poèmes pour un texte (1970-1991) (second anthology of poetry); Au vif des vivants (illustrated volume); Poèmes (illustrated volume); Andrée Chedid: Textes pour un poème, Poème pour un texte udiocassette); the film, L’Autre (based on her novel), directed by Bernard Giraudeau, is released and Giraudeau is nominated for a César under the category of Best First Work(Meilleure Première Œuvre) |
| 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) |
| 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 plays) |
| 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) |
| 1995 | Par delà les mots (poetry); Petit Horoscope pour rire (illustrated volume by Jacques Clauzel) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 2001 | Prix Côté Femmes, Prix Louis Jouilloux, Grand Prix Paul Morand (for her entire works) |
| 2002 | Petite terre, vaste rêve (récit), Babel: Fable ou métaphore? (with Louis Chedid); Bourse Goncourt de la poésie (for her entire works) |
| 2003 | Rythmes (poetry) is her first work published by Gallimard, Poursuites (illustrated volume by Xavier) |
| 2006 | Andrée Chedid: Entre Nil et Seine: Entretiens avec |