Fuad al-Takarli

Fuad al-Takarli was born in Baghdad on 22 August 1927 and was at school the friend of the poet al-Bayati. A law graduate of the University of Baghdad in 1949, he made a career in the judiciary, left in 1964 to pursue law studies in Paris, then retired in 1983 to devote himself to writing. Widowed, he settled in Tunisia in 1990, where he married the novelist Rachida Turki. He never belonged to any party. He died in Amman on 11 February 2008.

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• NovelThe Long Way Backالرجع البعيدFuad al-Takarli · 1980Literature