Biography
Amina Said was born in Tunisia in 1953 to a Tunisian father and French mother. She studied English literature at the University of Paris, Sorbonne. She is the author of a dozen books of poetry and several Tunisian folk stories, short stories, and essays which draw from French, Arabic, and Mediterranean influences. She taught English for two years at a university in Tunisia and also translated several novels of the Filipino writer Francisco Sionil José. Her work has been translated into several languages including Arabic, German, Turkish, English, and Italian.
Sources
"Amina Said." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed 7 July 2022. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina_Said>.
Hacker, Marilyn. "Amina Said." Poetry International. Accessed 7 July 2022. <https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poets/poet/102-19624_Said>.
"Amina Said." Poetry Foundation." Accessed 7 July 2022. <https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amina-said>.
