Nelly Sachs Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 29 (2017) Winner
Bachtyar Ali
バフティヤール・アリー
Baxtyar Alî
Aliases:
Bakhtiyar Ali / Bakhtyar Ali
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960-01-01 （Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan）
- Nationality
- Iraqi, Kurdish
- Languages
- Sorani Kurdish, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, German, English
- Residence History
- Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan → Germany (Frankfurt, Cologne, Bonn)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet, Critic, Essayist
- Active Years
- 1983-2024
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Sulaimani | — | Geology | — | — | Iraq |
| Salahaddin University | — | Geology | — | — | Iraq |
University of Sulaimani
Geology
Country:
Iraq
Salahaddin University
Geology
Country:
Iraq
Pre-university in Slemani: Shaykh Salam Primary, Azmar Secondary, Halkawt Preparatory
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | HARDI Literature Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Sherko Bekas Literature Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Nelly Sachs Prize | — | — | City of Dortmund | 受賞 |
HARDI Literature Prize
2009
Result:
受賞
Sherko Bekas Literature Prize
2014
Result:
受賞
Nelly Sachs Prize
2017
Organization:
City of Dortmund
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
I Stared at the Night of the City
2008 Magic realismGhazalnus and the Gardens of Imagination. First Kurdish novel translated into English.
PoliticsPoetryImagination
Translations
- English (trans. Kareem Abdulrahman)
The Last Pomegranate of the World
2002 Magic realismDuwahamin Henari Dunya.
PhilosophyKurdish society
Translations
- German as Der letzte Granatapfel
The City of the White Musicians
2006 Literary fictionŞary Mosîqare Spiyekan.
Bibliography
- The Death of the Second Only Child (1997)
- Parwana's Evening (1998)
- The Last Pomegranate of the World (2002)
- The City of the White Musicians (2006)
- Ghazalnus and the Gardens of Imagination (2008)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- PostmodernismMagic realismLiterary fiction
- Recurring Motifs
- Kurdish societyPower and intellectualsPhilosophical issues
Legacy
Influential Kurdish novelist known for magic realism. First Kurdish novel in English.
Trivia
- Author of the first Kurdish novel translated into English.
- First non-European language author to receive Nelly Sachs Prize.