Samuel Shimon
- Iraq, United Kingdom
- Zu Gast beim ilb: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016
Biography
Bibliography
Biography
born in 1956 in Al-Habbaniyah, Iraq, left his home country in 1979. Nowadays Shimon lives in London. Shimon is a writer of short stories and poems as well as a publisher of anthologies. His debut novel »An Iraqi in Paris« (2005/2011) was highly praised by the critics. In the Arab world, the novel-like autobiography advanced to become a bestseller. It has been translated into four languages. Shimon’s second novel »Sankhiro’s adventures« was published in 2013.
Bibliography
Beirut 2009
New Writing from the Arab World
[Hg.]
Bloomsbury
London, 2010
An Iraqi in Paris
Neuauflage
Bloomsbury Qatar
Doha, 2011
[Ü: Piers Amodia u. Christina Phillips]
Sankhiro
Manshoorat al-Jamal
Beirut/Bagdad, 2013