Naïm Kattan

Naïm Kattan
Born	August 26, 1928 (1928-08-26) (age 83) Baghdad, Iraq
Notable award(s)	Order of Canada National Order of Quebec

Naïm Kattan, OC, CQ, FRSC (born August 26, 1928) is a Canadian novelist, essayist and critic of Iraqi Jewish origin.

Born in Baghdad, Iraq, he studied at the University of Baghdad from 1945 until 1947 and at the Sorbonne from 1947 until 1951. He emigrated to Montreal in 1954. He is the author of more than 30 books, translated into several languages.

Honours

In 1983 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
In 1990 he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.
In 2002 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, for his lifelong contribution to international francophone culture.
In 2004 he received the Prix Athanase-David.
In 2004 he received an honoris causa Ph.d. from the University of Novi Sad in Serbia

External links

Naïm Kattan at The Canadian Encyclopedia
Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry
Prix Athanase-David citation (French)
Order of Canada citation
National Order of Quebec citation (French)
Naim Kattan Biography on BookRags.com
"Naïm Kattan: an Iraqi Jewish Writer in Canada" in The Jewish Daily Forward, May 25, 2010.

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Name	Kattan, Naim
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Date of birth	August 26, 1928
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraq
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