Sinan Antoon
Iraqi poet, novelist, and translator whose The Corpse Washer gives a devastating account of post-invasion Iraq through the eyes of a man who washes the dead. He is the leading Iraqi literary voice of his generation.
Works
- The Corpse WasherIraqi man prepares corpses for burial, reflecting on violence and sacred tradition
- Filters (poetry)
- I'jaamExperimental narrative fragmenting Arabic language and identity in diaspora
- The Book Censor's LibraryIraqi Jewish bibliophile catalogues forbidden books under state surveillance
- Baghdad MarlboroAdolescent bond and violence amid Iraq's sectarian collapse at war's end