Latifa Ayad is a Libyan American writer who was born and raised in Sarasota, Florida. She was the 2017 winner of the Master's Review/PEN America Flash Fiction Prize and the Indiana Review 1/2K Prize. Ayad is a writer primarily concerned with identity, which she explores through reality, the paranormal, and the magical. Her work is published or forthcoming in Prairie Schooner, North American Review, Crab Orchard Review, and others. At MacDowell, she drafted and edited large portions of her novel The Realm Unknown. The solitude, scenery, and connections with other artists served to inspire and motivate her.
Discipline:
Literature – fiction
Latifa Ayad
Discipline:
Literature – fiction
Region: Columbus, OH
MacDowell Fellowships: 2018
More:
latifaayad.com
Studios
Van Zorn (formerly Kirby)
Latifa Ayad worked in the Van Zorn (formerly Kirby) studio.
Constructed thanks to a bequest from Sarah L. Kirby, Kirby Studio was the last new building to be erected during Mrs. MacDowell’s leadership (1907-1951). The load-bearing masonry walls were laid by local mason Augustus Beaulieu atop a fieldstone foundation. A 1995 renovation preserved the brick fireplace with wooden mantel and…