Dr. Hedy Habra, Spanish, a finalist in the International Book Awards

Dr. Hedy Habra

Dr. Hedy Habra

Dr. Hedy Habra placed as a finalist in the International Book Awards for her collection of poems, Under Brushstrokes, published by Press 53.

The International Book Awards were created in 2009. Currently in their 8th year, the IBA’s are announced online during the Book Expo America in New York City in June of each year.

In 2014 Habra won a USA Best Book Award in the General Poetry category for Tea in Heliopolis, while her book, Flying Carpets, was named one of five finalists in the Short Story Fiction category.

Tea in Heliopolis was also named one of five finalists for the 2014 International Poetry Book Award, while Flying Carpets won an honorable mention for the 2013 Arab American National Book Award and was a finalist for the 2014 Eric Hoffer Book Award.

USABookNews.com is an online magazine featuring mainstream and independent publishing houses and announced winners and finalists of the 2014 USA Best Book Awards on Nov. 12. More than 400 winners and finalists were announced in over 100 categories.

Habra was born in Egypt and is of Lebanese origin. She has earned a master's degree and a Master of Fine Arts in English and master's and doctoral degrees in Spanish literature, all from WMU. She has received WMU's All-University Research and Creative Scholar Award, Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award, 2014 Excellence in Teaching Award and Alumni Achievement Award.

Habra writes poetry and fiction in French, Spanish and English and has published more than 200 poems and short stories in numerous journals and anthologies. Her multilingual work has appeared in more than 40 journals and 15 anthologies. She also is the author of a scholarly book, "Mundos alternos y artísticos en Vargas Llosa" published in 2012.

For more information on Habra and her work, visit hedyhabra.com.