CHRONOLOGY OF ANDREE CHEDID'S LIFE & WORKS
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 2010	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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