| farah ashraf |
A Iraqi writer, born in 1924 in Baghdad. He graduated from the Iraqi College of Law in 1949. He worked as a lawyer for a short period, then joined official positions. He was a legal advisor in the Directorate of Public Prosperity in the Ministry of Finance. Then he became the general director of Culture in the Ministry of Culture and Information, and then a specialized educational supervisor in the Ministry of Education. He retired in 1979. His collections of poetry: From the Flames of Struggle in 1958, Shamso in 1952, Al-Aswar ( The Fences) in 1956 and Al-Zaytouna (The Olive) in 1968. Many studies have been written about him in Arab and Iraqi newspapers and magazines, as well as a study of his poetry for which he obtained a master's degree. Additionally chapters have been written about him in academic books for a number of university professors in Iraq dealing with his theatrical poetry. He died after a struggle with illness on January 25, 2012.
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