Muhsin Al-Ramli (, officially known as Muhisin Mutlak Rodhan;
born 7 March 1967) is an expatriate
Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...
i writer living in
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
,
Spain
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since 1995. He is a
translator
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of several
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
classics to
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
. He produced the complete translation of ''
Don Quixote
, the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...
'' from Spanish to Arabic. He teaches at the
Saint Louis University Madrid Campus
Saint Louis University—Madrid (SLU-Madrid) is a campus in Madrid, Spain, of Saint Louis University, a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in St. Louis, Missouri. SLU-Madrid offers undergraduate and graduate ...
.
He is the current editor of ''Alwah'', a magazine of
Arabic literature
Arabic literature ( / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī'') is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is ''Adab (Islam), Adab'', which comes from a meaning of etiquett ...
and thought, which he co-founded.
Early life and education
In 2003, he earned a
Doctorate
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in
Philosophy
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and Letters and
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
Philology
Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...
from the
Autonomous University of Madrid
The Autonomous University of Madrid (; UAM), commonly known as la Autónoma, is a Spanish public university located in Madrid, Spain. The university was founded in 1968 by royal decree. UAM is widely respected as one of the most prestigious univ ...
. His thesis topic was ''The Imprint of Islamic Culture in Don Quixote''. He is the brother of the writer and poet
Hassan Mutlak.
Published works
* ''Gift from the Century to Come'' (
Short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ...
) 1995
* ''In Search of a Live Heart'' (
Theater
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communi ...
) 1997
* ''Papers far from the Tigris'' (
Short stories
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) 1998
* ''
Scattered Crumbs'' (
Novel
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ...
) 2000
* ''The Happy Nights of the Bombing'' (
Narrative
A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, whether non-fictional (memoir, biography, news report, documentary, travel literature, travelogue, etc.) or fictional (fairy tale, fable, legend, thriller ...
) 2003
* ''We Are All Widowers of the Answers'' (
Poetry
Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...
) 2005
* ''
Dates on My Fingers'' (
Novel
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) 2008
* ''Asleep among the Soldiers'' (
Poetry
Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...
) 2011
* ''The Oranges Of Baghdad and Chinese Love'' (
Short stories
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) 2011
* ''
The President's Gardens'' (
Novel
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ...
) 2012
* ''The wolf of love and books'' (
Novel
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) 2015
* Children and Shoes (
Novel
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) 2018
* Daughter of the Tigris (
Novel
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) 2019
Translations
1. ''Laranjas e giletes em Bagdá/Naranjas y cuchillas en Bagdad'', Fedra Rodríguez Hinojosa (Trans.),
(n.t.) Revista Literária em Tradução', nº 1 (set/2010), Fpolis/Brasil, ISSN 2177-5141
References
External links
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ttp://www.rtve.es/mediateca/videos/20091207/personaje-muhsin-al--ramli---palabras-para-irak/644576.shtml Documentary in the Spanish Channel TVE, about: The Iraqi writer Muhsin Al-Ramli.Al-Ramli: "I Am Iraq" / By Constanza Vieira / IPSOfficial blogPoem by Muhsin Al-Ramli / review (BLACK RENAISSANCE NOIRE), Vol7 Nº2, 2007 New York*
ttp://wordswithoutborders.org/article/from-scattered-crumbs/ from Scattered Crumbs by Muhsin Al-RamliAbout: Asleep among the Soldiers by Muhsin Al-Ramli / in Aljazeera.net (in Arabic).IPAFLonglist Announced for 2013 International Prize for Arabic FictionLooking at the 2013 Longlist: Muhsin al-Ramli’s ‘The President’s Gardens’About ''The President’s Gardens'' in Aljazeera.net
Living people
1967 births
Arabic-language novelists
Spanish people of Iraqi descent
20th-century Iraqi poets
Iraqi translators
Iraqi male short story writers
Iraqi short story writers
Iraqi journalists
Spanish–Arabic translators
Arabic–Spanish translators
21st-century Iraqi poets
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