| 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
(engraving by Bernard Carlier); Andrée Chedid: Poètes d'aujourd'hui
(Seghers) |
| 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 |
7 plantes pour un herbier
(illustrated volume by Tanguy Dohollau);
La Maison sans racines (novel) |
| 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. |
| 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 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 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
Chedid); Chedid translates the poetry of Alfredo Silva
Estrada,
Saveur des traces, from Spanish into French
|
| 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);
L'Ecorce et le destin
(illustrated volume by Jacques Clauzel);
Ambiences
(illustrated volume by Xavier) |
| 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);
Emerveillements
(illustrated volume by Jacques Clauzel) |
| 2003 |
Rythmes
(poetry) is her first work published by Gallimard,
Poursuites(
illustrated volume by Xavier) |
| 2004 |
Andrée Chedid: Racines et Liberté (L'Harmattan) |
| 2005 |
Andrée Chedid: Entre Nil et
Seine: Entretiens avec
Brigitte Kernel (interviews with Brigitte
Kernel)
|
| 2006 |
Vitesse de la lumière - Instantanés (illustrated volume by Christian Broutin); Andrée Chedid: A Bibliography by Roger E. Stoddard (Paris: Librairie Benoît Forgeot) |