Fadhil Al-Azzawi | |
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Native name | فاضل العزاوي |
Born | 1940 Kirkuk, Kingdom of Iraq (present-day Iraq) |
Occupation | poet, writer, translator and journalist |
Nationality | Iraqi |
Education | BA (English Literature), Baghdad University, PhD (Leipzig University) |
Fadhil Al Azzawi (Arabic: فاضل العزاوي; born 1940) is a prominent Iraqi poet and writer.[1] He has published ten 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.