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.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Nizar Aghri | International Prize for Arabic Fiction".


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