Hazim Kamaledin

Hazim Kamaledin (born in Babylon, Iraq in 1954) is a playwright, theatre director, actor, author (novel, short story, translation), and editor, born in Babylon, Iraq. In 2014, The Arab Theatre Institute proclaimed him best playwright of the year.

Portret
Selfie by Hazim Kamaledin

Life

Kamaledin studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad, Iraq. In the late seventies, Kamaledin fled from Iraq after he had been threatened, arrested and tortured. He also made a satirical play for which he was sentenced to death.[1] He came to Belgium and became artistic leader of two companies: Woestijn ’93 [Desert '93] and Cactusbloem [Cactus Flower]. Kamaledin was a board member of PEN Vlaanderen https://penvlaanderen.be/ from 2016 to 2018.[2] He lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.

Awards

Books (as novelist, translator & playwright)

Novels:

Drama:

Translations:

  • 2019 Theater, Three monologues for an actor, by Jan Fabre, from Dutch into Arabic
  • 2020 Poetry, The Armpits of the Goat, by Annemarie Estor, from Dutch into Arabic
  • 2022 Theatre, The Towers of Beirut, by Paul Verrept, from Dutch to Arabic

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Theatre productions (as author & director)

References
  1. "Hazim Kamaledin - Boeken & Biografie - Polis". polis.be. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. "Missie". penvlaanderen.be. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. https://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2014/10/16/604697.htm
  4. "كاباريهت وأقتراب موت الذات – اضواء – مؤيد داود البصام". 17 January 2015.
  5. "KSP - Producties - Foto's in de storm (2001-2002-podiumproductie)".
  6. "KSP - Personen - Hazim Kamaledin". data.kunsten.be.
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