Fadhil Al Azzawi

Fadhil Al Azzawi (Arabic: فاضل العزاوي ; born 1940 in Kirkuk, Iraq) is an Iraqi writer highly respected in the Arab world, as 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.

Fadhil Al Azzawi
Fadhil Al Azzawi (third from right) at the Worldwide Reading for Ashraf Fayadh on January 14, 2016 at Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin.
Native name
فاضل العزاوي
Born1940
Kirkuk, Iraq
Occupationpoet, writer, translator and journalist
NationalityIraqi
EducationBA (English Literature), Baghdad University, PhD (Leipzig University)
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