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A revised new version of Makluqat fadhil al-azzawi al jamila Fadhil al-Azzawi al-Jamila (Fadhil Al-Azzawi's beautiful creatures).
About the author
Fadhil al-Azzawi, born in Kirkuk, Iraq, 1940, is known as one of the innovators of modern Arabic literature and language. His writings blend Arabic literary tradition with western modernism and postmodernism. He has published over 30 works, including 8 novels, 14 collections of poetry and three books of essays, plus many literary translations from German and English into Arabic. Some works have been translated into English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Turkish, Persian, Indonesian, Hebrew and Kurdish. He studied English literature in Baghdad, and has PhD from Leipzig University. Fadhil al-Azzawi, born in Kirkuk, Iraq, 1940, is known as one of the innovators of modern Arabic literature and language. His writings blend Arabic literary tradition with western modernism and postmodernism. He has published over 30 works, including 8 novels, 14 collections of poetry and three books of essays, plus many literary translations from German and English into Arabic. Some works have been translated into English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Turkish, Persian, Indonesian, Hebrew and Kurdish. He studied English literature in Baghdad, and has PhD from Leipzig University.
Summary
This work, first published in Arabic in 1969 to great acclaim, and now for the first time in English translation, was written in defiance of the "sanctity of genre" and to raise the question of freedom of expression in writing. For its author, the major Iraqi poet and novelist Fadhil al-Azzawi it heralded new life after years of tough experiences.
