Mikhail Nuayma

Born Oct. 17 or Nov. 22, 1889, in Biskinta. Lebanese Arab writer and critic.

Nuayma received his education at a teachers’ institute in Nazareth and at the Poltava Theological Seminary (1906–11). In 1916 he graduated from the law school at Washington State University. He belonged to a branch of the Pen Association (New York), which had been established by Arab emigrants in 1920. Since 1932 he has lived in Lebanon. Of greatest interest are his drama Fathers and Sons (1918), the collection of articles The Sieve (1929), a monograph on G. K. Gibran (1934), and the collection of short stories Once Upon a Time (1937). Among his most recent works is the autobiographical trilogy Seventy Years Old (1960). Nuayma is well acquainted with Russian literature.