Azher Jerjis

Azhar Jerjis (born 1973) is an Iraqi writer. He was born in Baghdad. Because of his satirical writings, he was the subject of an assassination attempt in 2005. He was then forced to go into exile, eventually ending up in Norway where he now lives permanently. His books include:

  • Above the Country of Blackness (2015), short stories
  • The Sweetmaker (2017), short stories
  • Sleeping in the Cherry Field (2019), novel

Singing in the Cherry Field, his debut novel, was nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize.[1][2]

References
  1. "Azher Jerjis | International Prize for Arabic Fiction". www.arabicfiction.org.
  2. "Azher Jirjees: Writing an Iraqi Postman in Norway". February 6, 2020.


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