Naïm Kattan

Naïm Kattan
Born August 26, 1928
Baghdad, Iraq
Notable awards 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.

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In popular culture

In 2013, the Canadian director Joe Balass directed a documentary titled La longueur de l'alphabet avec Naïm Kattan about Kattan's literary legacy.

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