Fadhil Al Azzawi

Fadhil Al Azzawi (Arabic: فاضل العزاوي ; born 1940 in Kirkuk, Iraq) is an Iraqi writer 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 participated in Iraq's avant-garde Sixties Generation, and his early controversial work was 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, where he works as a full-time writer.

Works

• Miracle Maker, Selected Poems. BOA Editions. 2004. ISBN 978-1-929918-45-4. 
• In Every Well a Joseph Is Weeping, Quarterly Review of Books, 1997
• "Cell Block Five" (2008, The American University in Cairo Press)
• The Last of the Angels (2007, The American University in Cairo Press).
• The Traveler and the Innkeeper (2011,The American University in Cairo Press).

References

External links

• Fadhil Al Azzawi at BoaEditions.org
• author page at Lyrikline.org, with audio, text, and translations into German, Dutch, Persian, and Turkish.