Ya'qub Bilbul

Ya'qub Bilbul
Bornيعقوب بلبل
1920
Baghdad, Iraq
Died2003 (aged 82–83)
Israel
OccupationNovelist, short story writer
NationalityIraqi, Israeli
GenreFictional prose, Social realism

Ya'qub Bilbul (Arabic: يعقوب بلبل, Hebrew: יעקב (בלבול) לב, also transliterated Jacob Bilbul and Ya'coub Balbul; 1920–2003) was an Iraqi Jewish writer.[1][2] His literary works were published in Arabic, and he achieved recognition as early as 1936 after publishing an article in the Iraqi journal, Al-Hatif.[3] Known for his naturalistic stories, he is considered one of the first writers of social realist fiction in Iraq, and a pioneer of the Iraqi novel and short story.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Ghareeb, 2004, p. 125.
  2. ^ Reuven Snir (2009). "The Arab Jews: Language, Poetry, and Singularity". Goethe Institute.
  3. ^ Bashkin, 2008, p. 187.
  4. ^ Moreh, 1988, p. 83.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rejwanpxvi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Clark in Suleiman and Muhawi, 2006, p. 186.