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.
- "Fadhil Al Azzawi at the international literature festival berlin"