Background
Anwar F. Accawi was born on June 15, 1943, in Lebanon.
Anwar F. Accawi was born on June 15, 1943, in Lebanon.
In 1969, Accawi received a Bachelor of Arts from Warren Wilson College and a Master of Science from the University of Tennessee in 1987.
Accawi taught in the United States and Lebanon, namely at the National Evangelical Institute, Sidon High School, and the American University of Beirut before coming to the University of Tennessee in 1979. He also trained English second language teachers. Currently, Accawi is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee.
His book, The Boy from the Tower of the Moon, was published in 1999, and L'Enfant de la Tour de la Lune came out in 2010.
Anwar F. Accawi is known as a published writer whose work has been published in books, literary anthologies, reviews, and college textbooks in the United States and abroad. He is also a contributor to The Best American Essays and a contributor of essays to periodicals, including Double-Take, Sun Magazine, and Now and Then.
Anwar is also a notable educator, who taught English as a second language for 32 years.
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1999Anwar is married.
