Issa Makhlouf (; born 1955) is a Lebanese writer and poet who lives in Paris where he is the News Director at Radio Orient.
He obtained a doctorate in Cultural Anthropology at the Sorbonne and was professor at the University (E.S.I.T.) Paris III. Makhlouf also was a special UN Counsellor of Cultural and Social Affairs in the 61st session of the General Assembly (2006–2007).
Partial bibliography A Star Slowed Down in Front of Death (نجمة أمام الموت أبطأت), Ed. An-Nahar, Beirut 1981. Beyrut or the Fascination of Death (بيروت أو الافتتان بالموت), essay, Passion, Paris, 1988 The Loneliness of Gold (عزلة الذهب), ed. Al-Jadid, Beyrouth, 1992 Distractions (هيامات), ed. André Biren, Paris, 1993 The Eye of the Mirage (عين السراب), ed. An-Nahar, Beyrouth, 2000 Mirages, éditions José Corti, Paris, 2004 (Letter to the Two Sisters(Lettre aux deux sœurs), ed. José Corti, 2008 A City in the Sky, Ed. Attanwir, Beirut, 2012
Sources Official Website