Background
He was born in Amman, Jordan to Lebanese Druze parents (Alameddine himself is an atheist). He grew up in Kuwait and Lebanon, which he left at age 17 to live first in England and then in California.
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Rabih Alameddine
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University of California, Los Los Angeles
Career
A lover of mathematics, he earned a degree in engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles (University of California, Los Angeles) and a Master of Business in San Francisco. He began his career as an engineer, then moved to writing and painting. The author of four novels and a collection of short stories, Alameddine was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2002.
He lives in San Francisco and Beirut.
2014 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist for An Unnecessary Woman.
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United States