- Ali bader
Ali Bader is an
Iraq inovelist ,poet , critic and script writer.Bader was born in Baghdad, where he studied French Literature. He is working as editor in chief for Al-Mada literary magazine . In 2001 he published his novel "Papa Sartre" in which he attacked the 60s generation that dominated the cultural sphere in the Arab region. The novel won him the state award for literature in Baghdad in 2001, and the Tunisian Abu Al-Qassem Al-Shabi award.Fact|date=September 2008
In 2002, his novel "The Family's Winter" appeared that dealt with the decay of the Iraqi aristocracy in the 1950s, and three years later he published his novel "The Naked feast" on the emergence of the Iraqi intelligentsia at the beginning of the 20th century. This one was followed by another novel titled "The Road to Mutran Hill" that highlights the problems plaguing the Iraqi society and its division, prophesying the disintegration of the system. Bader's novel "Tumult, Women and a Sunken Writer" is his most popular piece that depicts the marginalized generation of Iraqi poets and novelists in the 90s and their lives under the dictatorship and the international sanctions. One of the essays he published is called "Mid-night Maps", that revolves around a journey to Iran, Turkey and Algeria and for which he was given the Ibn Battuta prize for contemporary journeys. His last novel called Jerusalem lantern, about the life and thoughts of
Edward Said .Education
Bader studied western philosophy and French literature at Baghdad University.
Bibliography
Novels
* Papa Sartre (2001)
* Family's Winter (2002)
* The Naked Feast (2003)
* The Road to Moutran Hill (2004)
* Tumult, Women, and Sunken Writer (2005)
* Jerusalem Lantern, novel about Edward Saed (2006)
* Running After the Wolves (2007)
* Tobacco Keeper (2008)Poetry
* Crimes of velvet and cream (2002)
* Book of assassins (2004)Essays
* Mid-night Maps (2006)
* Massignion in Baghdad (2005)Sleeping prince and waiting campaign (2005)
*Shahadat: witnessing Iraq's transformation after 2003Films
* "Under the ashes" with Ziad Turky
* "The story of Iraqi literature"Awards
* State prize of literature (Baghdad 2002)
* Prize of Abu al-Qassim Al-shabby for the novel (Tunis 2003)
* Prize of literary creativity (U E A 2004)
* Bin Batuta Prize for traveling books (Abu Dhabi 2005)Current Activities
Columnist writer in many Arabic newspapers:Alhayat, Almada, Addustor, Al-Ryadh..
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