The Arab Apocalypse
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| Author | Etel Adnan |
|---|---|
| Original title | 'L'Apocalypse arabe' |
| Translator | Etel Adnan |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Publisher | Papyrus; Post-Apollo Press (English translation) |
Publication date | 1980 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1989 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 59 (French edition) |
| ISBN | 2-86541-006-4 |
The Arab Apocalypse (French: L'Apocalypse arabe) is a book-length poem by Etel Adnan. It was first published in French by Papyrus in Paris in 1980, and Adnan's English translation was published by Post-Apollo Press in 1989.[1][2][3] Critics have described the work as a hybrid or visual poem and as a work of witness shaped by the Lebanese Civil War.[2][4]
Adnan began writing the poem in Beirut in January 1975, shortly before the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War.[2] The original French edition, L'Apocalypse arabe, was published by Papyrus in 1980.[1] The English version was translated by Adnan herself and published by Post-Apollo Press in 1989.[3][5] A third English edition was issued in 2007, with a new foreword by Jalal Toufic.[5]