Ali Bader

Ali Bader(Arabic علي بدر: is an Iraqi novelist, poet, critic, regarded as the most significant writer to emerge in Arabic world, in the last decade. author of thirteen works of fiction, and several works of non-fiction. His best-known works included Papa Sartre, The tobacco keeper, The Running after the Wolves, and The sinful woman, many of which have won awards. His novels are quite unlike any other fictions in Arabic world of our day, it had blended with character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, and explicit language. Bader was born in Baghdad, where he studied western Philosophy and French Literature. He is living now in Bruxelles. In addition to his work as an author, he is also an Arabic media journalist. His novels are considered unique in Arabic fiction.

Bader was born 1979 in Baghdad, where he studied western Philosophy and French Literature. In 2001, he published his seminal novel, Papa Sartre (Arabic: بابا سارتر). The focus of the novel is the 1960s generation, whom he sought to critique for the negative impact of their cultural influence still felt by the current generation today. In particular, the novel highlights the trials and tribulations of the pseudo-intellectuals of sixties Baghdad in parody form. It also includes memorable portrayals of Iraq’s wealthy and influential families in their decline. For this work, he was awarded the State Prize for Literature in Baghdad in 2002 and the Tunisian Abu Al-Qassem Al-Shabi Award. Following its critical acclaim in the Arab world, it was translated into English

In 2002, his novel The Family's Winter (Arabic: شتاء العائلة) appeared, revisiting with the decay of the decline of Iraq's elite, but this time focusing on the aristocracy in the 1950s. That same year, he received Prize of Literary Creativity in the United Arab Emirates].

Following his work on The Family's Winter, Bader completed his 2003 novel entitled The Road to Mutran Hill. In it, he dealt with Iraqi social problems and the increasing division among its numerous segments, prophesying the disintegration of Iraq's already tattered socioeconomic fabric.

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