Ahmed Saadawi (born 1973, ar, أحمد سعداوي) is an Iraqi novelist, poet, screenwriter and documentary film maker. He won the 2014

International Prize for Arabic Fiction The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) ( ar, الجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية) is the most prestigious and important literary prize in the Arab world. Its aim is to reward excellence in contemporary Arabic ...

for ''

Frankenstein in Baghdad ''Frankenstein in Baghdad'' ( ar, فرانكشتاين في بغداد) is an Arabic novel written by the Iraqi writer Ahmed Saadawi. It won the IPAF award (International Prize for Arabic Fiction) for 2014. The novel was translated into English ...

''. He lives and works in

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

Awards and honours

*2010

Beirut39 Beirut39 is a collaborative project between the Hay Festival, Beirut UNESCO's World Book Capital 2009 celebrations, ''Banipal'' magazine and the British Council among others in order to identify 39 of the most promising Arab writers under the age o ...

project, one of 39 chosen participants *2014

, winner for ''Frankenstein in Baghdad'' *2017 Grand prix de l'Imaginaire, Foreign-language novel winner for ''Frankenstein in Baghdad''

Bibliography

*2000 ''Anniversary of Bad Songs'' (poetry) *2004 ''The Beautiful Country'' (novel) *2008 ''Indeed He Dreams or Plays or Dies'' (novel) *2013 ''Frankenstein in Baghdad'' (novel)

References

20th-century Iraqi novelists Living people 1973 births International Prize for Arabic Fiction winners 21st-century Iraqi novelists {{Iraq-writer-stub