Muhsin Al-Ramli ( ar, محسن الرملي, officially known as Muhisin Mutlak Rodhan;
born 7 March 1967) is an expatriate
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
i writer living in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
,
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
since 1995. He is a
translator
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of several
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
classics to
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
. He produced the complete translation of ''
Don Quixote
is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of Wester ...
'' from Spanish to Arabic. He teaches at the
Saint Louis University Madrid Campus
Saint Louis University - Madrid Campus (SLU-Madrid) is a campus in Madrid, Spain, of Saint Louis University, a private Jesuit research university in St. Louis, Missouri. SLU-Madrid offers undergraduate and graduate degrees that can be completed in ...
.
He is the current editor of ''Alwah'', a magazine of
Arabic literature
Arabic literature ( ar, الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī'') is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is '' Adab'', which is derived from ...
and thought, which he co-founded.
Early life and education
In 2003, he earned a
Doctorate
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in
Philosophy
Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
and Letters and
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
Philology
Philology () is the study of language in oral and writing, written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defin ...
from the
Autonomous University of Madrid. His thesis topic was ''The Imprint of Islamic Culture in Don Quixote''. He is the brother of the writer and poet
Hassan Mutlak.
Published works
* ''Gift from the Century to Come'' (
Short stories) 1995
* ''In Search of a Live Heart'' (
Theater
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actor, actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The p ...
) 1997
* ''Papers far from the Tigris'' (
Short stories) 1998
* ''
Scattered Crumbs
''Scattered Crumbs'': is a novel written by the Iraqi author Muhsin al-Ramli.
Al-Ramli's first novel, ''Scattered Crumbs'' (''al-Fatit al-mubaʿthar''), was published in Arabic in 2000, and its 2003 English translation received the Arabic Transla ...
'' (
Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
) 2000
* ''The Happy Nights of the Bombing'' (
Narrative
A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, whether nonfictional (memoir, biography, news report, documentary, travel literature, travelogue, etc.) or fictional (fairy tale, fable, legend, thriller (ge ...
) 2003
* ''We Are All Widowers of the Answers'' (
Poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...
) 2005
* ''
Dates on My Fingers
Muhsin Al-Ramli ( ar, محسن الرملي, officially known as Muhisin Mutlak Rodhan; born 7 March 1967) is an expatriate Iraqi writer living in Madrid, Spain since 1995. He is a translator of several Spanish classics to Arabic. He produced the ...
'' (
Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
) 2008
* ''Asleep among the Soldiers'' (
Poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...
) 2011
* ''The Oranges Of Baghdad and Chinese Love'' (
Short stories) 2011
* ''
The President's Gardens
''The President's Gardens'' is a novel written by the Iraqi author Muhsin al-Ramli. Set during the last fifty years of Iraqi history, this novel tells the story of three friends, exploring how ordinary people have been affected by historic events ...
'' (
Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
) 2012
* ''The wolf of love and books'' (
Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
) 2015
* Children and Shoes (
Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
) 2018
* Daughter of the Tigris (
Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
) 2019
Translations
1. ''Laranjas e giletes em Bagdá/Naranjas y cuchillas en Bagdad'', Fedra Rodríguez Hinojosa (Trans.),
(n.t.) Revista Literária em Tradução', nº 1 (set/2010), Fpolis/Brasil, ISSN 2177-5141
References
External links
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ttp://www.rtve.es/mediateca/videos/20091207/personaje-muhsin-al--ramli---palabras-para-irak/644576.shtml Documentary in the Spanish Channel TVE, about: The Iraqi writer Muhsin Al-Ramli.Al-Ramli: "I Am Iraq" / By Constanza Vieira / IPSOfficial blogPoem by Muhsin Al-Ramli / review (BLACK RENAISSANCE NOIRE), Vol7 Nº2, 2007 New York*
ttp://wordswithoutborders.org/article/from-scattered-crumbs/ from Scattered Crumbs by Muhsin Al-RamliAbout: Asleep among the Soldiers by Muhsin Al-Ramli / in Aljazeera.net (in Arabic).IPAFLonglist Announced for 2013 International Prize for Arabic FictionLooking at the 2013 Longlist: Muhsin al-Ramli’s ‘The President’s Gardens’About ''The President’s Gardens'' in Aljazeera.net
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Living people
1967 births
Iraqi writers
Arabic-language novelists
Spanish people of Iraqi descent
20th-century Iraqi poets
Iraqi translators
Iraqi male short story writers
Iraqi journalists
Spanish–Arabic translators
Arabic–Spanish translators
21st-century Iraqi poets