Ahmed Saadawi

About The Author

Ahmed Saadawi is an Iraqi novelist, poet, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker. In 2010 he was selected for Beirut39, as one of the thirty-nine best Arab authors under the age of forty, and in 2014 he became the first Iraqi to win the prestigious International Prize for Arabic Fiction. This prize was awarded to Frankenstein in Baghdad, which also won Le Grand Prix de L’Imaginaire in 2017. He lives in Baghdad.

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Books by Ahmed Saadawi

Frankenstein in Baghdad

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2018

By Ahmed Saadawi

Translated by Jonathan Wright

WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION

WINNER OF THE KITSCHIES GOLDEN TENTACLE AWARD

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2019

A SATIRICAL REIMAGINING OF MARY SHELLEY...

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