Saadi Youssef

Saadi Yousef
at PEN World Voices, 2007
Native name
Arabic: سعدي يوسف
Born1934 (1934)
Abu Al-Khaseeb, Iraq
Died13 June 2021(2021-06-13) (aged 86–87)
London, England
Resting placeHighgate Cemetery
LanguageArabic
GenrePoetry
Literary movementBadr Shakir al-Sayyab, Shathel Taqa, Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati
Notable awardsAl Owais Prize
Website
www.saadiyousif.com/new

Saadi Youssef (Arabic: سعدي يوسف) (1934 – 13 June 2021) was an Iraqi author, poet, journalist, publisher, and political activist. He published thirty volumes of poetry in addition to seven books of prose.

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