
FAQ About Etel adnan

Who is Etel Adnan?
Etel Adnan was a Lebanese-American poet, visual artist, and internationally acknowledged exhibited painter. She was in her 80s when her art started to draw international attention.

Does Etel Adnan have Turkish heritage?
Her mother was a Greek Orthodox living in Smyrna (İzmir, Turkey) and her father was an Ottoman soldier born in Damascus (Syria). Her parental grandfather was a Turkish soldier, a classmate of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. She has Greek, Ottoman roots.

Did Etel Adnan die?
Unfortunately, the artist has passed away on the 14th of November 2021 at the age of 96, living almost a decade.

Did she study art?
No. Adnan studied philosophy at Sorbonne University, Paris. Later, she continued doing a post-graduate study at U.C. Berkeley and Harvard.

Did Etel Adnan start painting at an early age?
She created her first artwork while studying in the US while teaching art philosophy. She was 34.
