'Atika Wahbi al-Khazraji
Atika Wahbi al-Khazraji (Arabic: عاتكة وهبي الخزرجي; 14 November 1924 – 9 November 1997) was an Iraqi poet and educator. Al-Khazraji was born in Baghdad, she was talented with poetry from a young age and began writing as young as ten years old, and published her poems at the age of fourteen in Iraqi magazines. She received a BA from the Higher Teachers' Institute, going on to work as a teacher.
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'Atika Wahbi al-Khazraji
- Born
- 1924 · Baghdad.
- Died
- 1997
- Nationality
- Iraq
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Education
- University of Paris
- Languages
- Arabic
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Atika Wahbi al-Khazraji (Arabic: عاتكة وهبي الخزرجي; 14 November 1924 – 9 November 1997) was an Iraqi poet and educator. Al-Khazraji was born in Baghdad, she was talented with poetry from a young age and began writing as young as ten years old, and published her poems at the age of fourteen in Iraqi magazines. She received a BA from the Higher Teachers' Institute, going on to work as a teacher.
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In 1950, she enrolled in the Sorbonne, receiving a PhD in 1955. She published a collection of the poet Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf's work in 1954. She later taught Arabic at the Higher Teachers' Institute. She published a work on the poet Isma'il Sabri.
• Majnun Layla (Crazy for Layla) (1954) • Anfas al-sihr (Breaths of magic) (1963) • La'la' alqamar (The moon shimmered) (1965) • Afwaf al-zahr (The flower's membranes) (1975)
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1924
'Atika Wahbi al-Khazraji born at Baghdad.
1997
'Atika Wahbi al-Khazraji died.
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- 1.جواد, قحطان جاسم. في ذكرى وفاتها. عاتكة الخزرجي قيثارة العراق وأبرز شاعراته في العصر الحديث. الجزيرة نت.
- 2.البيرماني, فرح غانم صالح. الغزل الصوفي في شعر عاتكة الخزرجي. Al-Adab Journal. 77. 461–478. 2021-12-31. 2706-9931.
- 3.Ashour, Radwa. Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999. 434. 2008. 978-1617975547.
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