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Ahmed Saadawi

Ahmed Saadawi

Author Biography & Works

Ahmed Saadawi is an Iraqi novelist, poet, screenwriter and documentary film maker. He won the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for Frankenstein in Baghdad. He lives and works in Baghdad.

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Books by Ahmed Saadawi

Frankenstein in Baghdad

Frankenstein in Baghdad

In Baghdad during the American occupation, a junk dealer called Hadi stitches together body parts of bombing victims to give them a proper burial. The body he assembles comes to...

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