Abdul Razzak Abdul Wahid
Abdul Razzak Abdul Wahid | |
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Born |
1930 Baghdad, Iraq |
Died |
8 November 2015 Paris, France |
Citizenship | Iraqi |
Occupation | Poet |
Years active | 1945-2015 |
Website | http://www.abdulrazzak.com/ |
Abdul Razzak Abdul Wahid (Arabic: عبد الرزاق عبد الواحد), Iraqi poet [1] born in Baghdad (1/7/1930 -8/11/2015).[2]
Career
Graduated in 1952 from the "school of education" (Arabic: دار المعلمين) (now, Faculty of Education) and worked as "Arabic Language" teacher in secondary schools, and Associate Director of the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad.[2]
- Director of Baghdad Culture Club.
- Councilor of AFAK ARABYA.
- Member of the Central Committee of publishing in the Ministry of Culture and Media.
- Member of the National Committee of musicians.
- Founder of Authors Union.
Personal life
Abdul Razzak was born in Baghdad to mandaean parents. At the age of 3, he moved with his family to Maysan where he spent his childhood and early youth there moving between rivers and the beautiful nature that he loved.[3]He wrote his very first poem in 1945 followed by his first collection of poems in 1950. He wrote more than 42 poem combinations and 2 poetic dramas, of which there were 10 poetic plays, and 22 combinations that he wrote for children and were of his favourite. He also wrote during the Iraqi-Irani war.
His poetry was translated to different languages, such as: English, Finnish, Russian, German, Romanian and Serbo-Croatian.
Honors and awards
- Medal of Pushkin in the World Poetry festival[4]
- shield of cambridge university 1979
- Medal of (golden poem) in the world poetry festival of stroke /Yugoslavia 1986
- First prize in the world poetry festival/ Yugoslavia 1999
- Shield of Damascus from the minister of culture 2008 and there are many from the Iraqi government through previous government regime.
References
- ↑ "Poet rich with praise for Saddam".
- 1 2 "الموقع الشخصي للشاعر عبدالرزاق عبدالواحد - القصائد كتابةً". www.abdulrazzak.com. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
- 1 2 "اضاءات :.عبدالرزاق عبدالواحد", YouTube, retrieved 2015-07-22
- ↑ "برنامج سيرة أدبية لقاء مع شاعر العرب الاكبر عبد الرزاق عبد الواحد", YouTube, retrieved 2015-07-22