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.