| Native Name: | جورجيا مخلوف |
| Native Name Lang: | Arabic |
| Language: | French |
| Nationality: | Lebanese |
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| Notableworks: | Les absents (2014) |
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| Awards: | Prix Léopold Sedar Senghor (2014) |
Georgia Makhlouf (Arabic: جورجيا مخلوف) is a Lebanese writer in the French language, an editor and literary critic. She is a winner of the Prix Léopold Sedar Senghor and the Prix Ulysse.
Georgia Makhlouf was born in Lebanon.[1] At the age of 20, during the Lebanese civil war, she left for Paris.[2] At university, she worked on a thesis focussing on ideology in modern Lebanese children's literature.[3]
Makhlouf is an editor of L'Orient littéraire as well as a contributor to the literary supplement of the Lebanese daily L'Orient-Le Jour. She also writes interviews and articles for Huffington Post.[1]
In 2014, Makhlouf published her first novel, Les absents. This was awarded the ninth Léopold Sedar Senghor prize for debut novel.[4] It also won the Prix Ulysse of the Arte Mare festival.[5]
Makhlouf founded Kitabat, an association to promote writing workshops in Lebanon. She lives in Paris.[1]