About Nizar Aghri
Born 1961. Nizar Aghri is a Syrian critic, writer and translator.
Nizar Aghri (born 1961) is a Syrian-Kurdish writer and translator. He was born in Turkey and currently lives in Oslo.
He has published three novels: The Papers of Mullah Za’afran (2005), Salem Street (2017) and In Search of Azar (2021).
In Search of Azar was nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2022. He has also translated several books by the Italian writer Erri De Luca.
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Who is Nizar Aghri?
Syrian-Kurdish writer and translator
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Nizar Aghri was born in 1961 in Turkey.
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Nizar Aghri is a critic, writer and translator.
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Nizar Aghri is Syrian.
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