Nouri al-Jarrah

Freitag, 27. Januar 1956

Nouri al-Jarrah (Arabic: نوري الجراح) (born 1956 in Damascus) is a Syrian-British poet and journalist. Born in Damascus in 1956, he has lived in exile since the early eighties, moving to London in 1986 and is known as one of the most influential contemporary poets of the Arabic-speaking world. He has founded several literary magazines including “Al-Naqid” (1988–1992), “Al-Katiba” recorded as the first monthly cultural review for female writers in the Arab world (1993–1995), “Al-Rihla” (as of 1995), and “Al-Jadeed” (as of 2015). His poetry has been published in 16 collections, many of which have been awarded prizes in various parts of the Arab world, including The Boy (1982), Ode to a Voice (1990), Hamlet’s Gardens (2003), and Noah’s Despair (2014). In addition to a long line of participati