Mansour Eid was a Lebanese writer, novelist, researcher and poet. Born in Bteddine El Loqch, a village of the Jezzine district in southern Lebanon on the 12th of February 1944. He completed his secondary studies in Our Lady of Mashmoushe School. He received a degree in Philosophical & Social Studies from Arab Beirut University and a degree in Arabic Literature from the Lebanese University and a PHD degree in Arabic Literature from Saint Joseph University. He started of his career teaching Arabic language and literature as well as Philosophy in a number of Lebanese schools, until he became a full-time faculty member at Notre Dame University - Louaize, earning the title of Professor and getting appointed the Chairperson of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department. He remained in this post until his death in 2013. His early works mainly consisted of short stories, but then diversified into essays, research and novels. Two of his major research works concerned the Lebanese writers, Boulos Salameh, and Emily Nasrallah. He also wrote a collection of poems, which has won the Said Fayad Literary Prize in year 2007. Dr. Mansour Eid received numerous awards for his novels and research as well as being elected a founding member of the International Committee for teaching Arabic to non-speakers in Yarmouk University Jordan. After his death, in November 2013, the internal square of the faculty of Humanities at Notre Dame University was named after him , and in July 2014 was inaugurated in Lady of Mashmoushe Monastery a museum dedicated to the authors and poets of the region of Jezzine, holding Dr. Mansour Eid's name.
The Pastoral Poet and the War of Civilizations. Proceedings Criticism Conference. Jordan: Jarash University.
Globalization and Education: Horizons of Excellence and Genius of the Seminar on Globalization and the Priorities of Education ’04. Riyadh, King Saoud University, Faculty of Education.
The Place of the Arab Lebanese Literary Text in the Movement Interaction and Acculturation. Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on the Arabic Cultural Interaction and Acculturation, Jarash University, Jordan. Notre Dame University Press, Vol.9, pp.5-15.
Ameen Rihani’s “Khaled” between the Civilization of East and Proceedings of the Literature and Dialogue of Civilizations Conference '02. Of Damascus.
The Arabs Between Globalization and Human Rights. Scientific Conference '02. Jarash, Jordan: Philadelphia
The Culture of the Arab Child and Audiovisual Challenges. Proceedings of the Twentieth Conference of the Union of Arab Authors.
The Feminist Movement in the Lebanese Novel. Proceedings Nineteenth Conference of the Union of Arab Authors in Tripoli West, Libya, Palma Journal, Beirut: Notre Dame University Press. Vol.7, pp. 5–16.
Computers and Teaching the Arabic Language for Non-Native Proceedings of the First International Conference for the Teaching of the Arabic for Non-Native Speakers. Irbid, Jordan: Yarmouk University.
