The Man in Blue Pyjamas: A Prison Memoir - Couverture souple

Barzanji, Jalal

 
9780888645364: The Man in Blue Pyjamas: A Prison Memoir
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0888645368 ISBN 13 : 9780888645364
Editeur : University of Alberta Press, 2011

Synopsis

The style of my book must be in small pieces, as my life has been in pieces. (Jalal Barzanji) From 1986 to 1988 poet and journalist Jalal Barzanji endured imprisonment and torture under Saddam Hussein's regime because of his literary and journalistic achievements-writing that openly explores themes of peace, democracy, and freedom. It was not until 1998, when he and his family took refuge in Canada, that he was able to consider speaking out fully on these topics. Still, due to economic necessity, Barzanji's dream of writing had to wait until he was named Edmonton's first Writer-in-Exile in 2007. This literary memoir is the project Barzanji worked on while Writer-in-Exile, and it is the first translation of his work from Kurdish into English. Foreword by John Ralston Saul.

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À propos des auteurs

Jalal Barzanji is a highly respected Kurdish poet and journalist. He has published seven books of poetry and numerous critical columns. After his two-year imprisonment by Saddam Hussein’s regime in the late 1980s and further political repression into the 1990s, Barzanji and his family fled to Turkey. They remained there for eleven months, eventually immigrating to Canada.

Sabah A. Salih is Professor of English at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania.

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Éditeur
University of Alberta Press
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0888645368
ISBN 13 
9780888645364
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
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