Nizar Aghri
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Nizar Aghri | |
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Native name | نزار آغري |
Born | 1961 | (age 63)
Language | Arabic, English |
Nizar Aghri (born 1961) is a Syrian-Kurdish writer and translator. He was born in Turkey and currently lives in Oslo.
He has published three novels:
- The Papers of Mullah Za’afran (2005),
- Salem Street (2017) and
- In Search of Azar (2021).
In Search of Azar was nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2022. He has also translated several books by the Italian writer Erri De Luca.[1]
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