Rodaan al-Galidi

Rodaan al - Galidi (born 1971 in Iraq ) is a living in the Netherlands writer of Iraqi origin.

Life

Al- Galidi was born in 1971 in southern Iraq. His exact date of birth is not known. Officially, July 1 is specified. In Iraq, he began to study, but fled the country to escape his impending military service. In 1998, he came in his flight finally in the Netherlands. First, the asylum was denied. Since 2007, he has a permanent residence permit. In 2011 he failed unexpectedly on Dutch citizenship test. Al- Galidi blamed the questions used for his failure.

Works

Prose texts

  • Dagboek van een ezel ( column ), Amsterdam, De Arbeiderspers, 2002
  • Blanke Nederlanders doen dat WEL ( column ), Amsterdam, De Arbeiderspers, 2004
  • Mijn opa, de president en dieren other (novel), Amsterdam, De Arbeiderspers, 2004
  • Maanlichtmoerassen: roman voor kinderen eeuwige tussen 10 s 100 (novel), Amsterdam / Antwerpen, Meulenhoff / Manteau, 2006
  • Ik ben he nog ( column ), Groningen, The Passage, 2006
  • Dorstige rivier (novel), Amsterdam / Antwerpen, Meulenhoff / Manteau, 2008 ( English title: Thirsty river)
  • De autist en de postduif (novel), Amsterdam / Antwerpen, Meulenhoff / Manteau, 2009

Poetry

  • Voor de nachtegaal in het ei, Leeuwarden, Born sea, 2000
  • De fiets, de vrouw en de liefde. Poems, Amsterdam, De Arbeiderspers, 2002
  • De herfst van Zorro, Amsterdam / Antwerpen, Meulenhoff / Manteau, 2006. ( Nominated for the VSB Poëzieprijs 2007)
  • De laatste slaaf. Biography van een terugkeer. Amsterdam / Antwerp, Meulenhoff / Manteau, 2008
  • Digital hemel vaart. Amsterdam, Meulenhoff, 2009

Awards

  • El Hizrja Prize for Literature in 2000 for a poem from Groen
  • Essay Prize of the Phenix Foundation 2001.
  • Literature Prize of the European Union in 2011 for De autist en de postduif
  • Several nominations
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