Muhammad Khudayyir (born 1942) is an
Iraqi writer. He was born in
Basra
Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is hand ...
where he still lives. He is mainly known as a writer of short stories, having published several collections till date. These include ''Black Kingdom'' and ''Vision of Autumn''. In 2004, Khudayyir won the
Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Award for his contribution to literature. ''Basrayatha'', a fictional memoir of his native city, has been translated into English by
William Hutchins
The Venerable William Hutchins (18 March 1792 – 4 June 1841)
was an English churchman and academic, a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Hutchins was born in Ansley, Warwickshire, England, second son of vicar of Ansley, Rev. Joseph Hutchins ...
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Iraqi writers