Kamal al-Hadithi (; 1939 – 12 February 2018) was an Iraqi poet and journalist, best known for his Arab nationalist inclinations, who published about seventeen poetry collections between 1979 and 2001. He was born in

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in Anbar, graduated from

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in 1960, then worked as a school teacher and head teacher in the 1960s and 1970s. One of the prominent culture-related figures of the

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from 1978, he was elected as Member of the Iraqi National Assembly for two consecutive terms,

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and

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. After 2003 deposing Ba'athist government, Al-Hadithi lived in silence and isolation for years until died in Baghdad at the age of 79.

Biography

Kamal bin Abdullah bin Zuwaid al-Hadithi was born in 1939 in

Anbar Governorate Al Anbar Governorate (; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The population ...

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. He completed his primary studies there, middle school in

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, and secondary school in

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in 1956. He went to Baghdad, and joined the Department of Arabic Language, College of Arts in

, from which he graduated in 1960. After graduation, he was assigned as an Arabic language teacher in various schools, including: Primary Teachers' House 1960–1963, Nasiriyah Preparatory School for Boys, Seleikh Intermediate and Suwis High School from 1963 to 1968. Since 1968, he has worked as an editor in ''Al-Thawra'' newspaper, then became its first deputy editor-in-chief after that, he has been also the director of the Culture and Information Office since 1977, and the Principal of the Ba'ath Party Preparation School. He entered politics in the 1980s and was a member of the National Assembly of aathistIraq for two consecutive terms between 1980 and 1988. He received a Certificate of Merit in 1984, and was awarded the High Merit in poetry and prose. He held the position of Director of the Culture and Information Office in the National Command of the Baath Party since 1977, and was appointed in 1997 as an advisor in the Presidential Office, while retaining his position as Director of the Office of Culture and Information in the National Command. He was a member of the

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, Iraqi Journalists Syndicat and the

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. Al-Hadithi died in Baghdad on 12 February 2018 at the age of 79.

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remarked him and released an obituary notice.

Works

Poetry collections: * , 1979 * , 1980 * , 1981 * , 1981 * , 1983 * , 1986 * , 1988 * , 1988 * , 1988 * , 1992 * , 1992 * , 1994 * , 1995 * , 1996 * , 1997 * , 1998 * , 2001 Books: * , 1979 * , 1980 * , 1981 * , 1983

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hadithi, Kamal 20th-century Iraqi poets 21st-century Iraqi poets Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region politicians Iraqi Arab nationalists Iraqi political journalists Iraqi political writers Iraqi schoolteachers Members of Iraqi Academy of Sciences Members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq People from Al Anbar Governorate University of Baghdad alumni 1939 births 2018 deaths