Fadhil Al Azzawi (born 1940 in Kirkuk, Iraq) is an Iraqi writer and highly respected in the Arab world,[1] as he has published seven volumes of poetry, six novels, three books of criticism and memoir, and several translations of German literary works. He has participated in Iraq's avant-garde Sixties Generation, and his early controversial work was critiqued and lauded with great enthusiasm.
He holds a BA in English Literature from Baghdad University,[2] however Fadhil soon left Iraq in 1976, as the Baathist-controlled regime was becoming increasingly powerful. He later earned a doctorate in communications studies from Leipzig University. He has worked as a freelance journalist and translator for Arab newspapers and cultural reviews. He also founded the poetry magazine Shi’r 69.[3]
He currently resides in Berlin, as a full-time writer.