May Murr
Deceased Person
1929 – 2008
Who was May Murr?
May Murr or Mayy Murr was a Lebanese historian, writer, poet, and political activist.
She founded and presided, many cultural and social associations. She was a member of the Société des Gens de Lettres de France and of the Société Teilhard de Chardin, headquartered in Belgium. She was also the President of the Academy of Lebanese Thought and was a founding member of the political party the Guardians of the Cedars.
She taught different subjects at several universities and institutions such as the Lebanese University and the Lebanese Military School, in which she taught mathematics, literature, history, history of art and geography. She was also the sister of MP Michel Murr.
She figures among the woman poets in the Anthologie de la Poésie Féminine Mondiale. Many international critics have praised her poetry. Jean Cayrol wrote to her: 'May Murr, you are filled with poetry to infinity'. Said Akl wrote, in 1967, an article entitled 'A woman invades the conscience of Lebanon':
May Murr in 'Elissa' a Lebanese Shakespeare has imposed herself as the creator of the Lebanese drama and a giant among giants... Whole volumes can be written about May Murr's art... May Murr is one of the authors who can create something new with the strangeness of a unique treatment; and in the domain of beauty, she creates wonders.
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