Hazim Kamaledin

Hazim Kamaledin (born in Babylon, Iraq in 1954) is a playwright, theatre director, actor, author (novel, short story, translation), and editor, born in Babylon, Iraq. In 2014, The Arab Theatre Institute proclaimed him best playwright of the year.

Life

Kamaledin studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad, Iraq. In the late seventies, Kamaledin fled from Iraq after he had been threatened, arrested and tortured. He also made a satirical play for which he was sentenced to death.[1] He came to Belgium and became artistic leader of two companies: Woestijn ’93 [Desert '93] and Cactusbloem [Cactus Flower]. Kamaledin was a board member of PEN Vlaanderen https://penvlaanderen.be/ from 2016 to 2018.[2] He lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.

Awards

In 2014 he was pronounced Best Theatre Writer of the Year by the Arabic Theatre Institute.[3]
In 2016 his novel 'Desertified Water' was nominated for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

Books (as novelist, translator & playwright)

Novels:

Cabaret, in Arabic (2014) كاباريهت[4]
Desertified Water, in Arabic (2016) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26138902 مياه متصحرة

Schoonheid raast in mij tot ik sterf, in Nederlands (2016) https://www.flandersliterature.be/books-and-authors/book/beauty-will-rage-within-me-until-the-day-i-die

Meadows of Hell, in Arabic (2019)

The Confusing Episodes of The Lady of The Necrophilia, in Arabic (2020)

Drama:

El Addade, in Dutch (2003) published by Woestijn '93 https://desingel.be/nl/programma/theater/hazim-kamaledin-woestijn-93-el-addade
The Tomb of the Lady, four monologues, In Arabic, (2011) published by Dar Alghaoon, Lebanon
Premeditated Insanity, in Arabic السادرون في الجنون, United Arab Emirates (2016) published by Arab Theater Institute https://www.atitheatre.ae/admin-6443/ https://altibrah.ae/author/16137

Translations:

Theater, Three monologues for an actor, by Jan Fabre, from Dutch into Arabic (2019)
Poetry, The Armpits of the Goat, by Annemarie Estor, from Dutch into Arabic (2020)

Theatre productions (as author & director)

Blauw van as (1994-1995)
Les ombres dans le sable (1995-1996) http://www.aml-cfwb.be/aspasia/spectacles/9500669/Les_Ombres_dans_le_sable-1994-1995
Heupen met hersens (1996-1997)
Gamma van stilte (1997-1998)
De uren nul (1998-2000)
Het oog van de dadel (1999-2000)
Pijnboom (1999-2000)
Foto's in de storm] (2001-2002)[5]
De Kop van de Mameluk Djaber (2001-2002)
Balling (2003-2004)
El Sherife (2003-2004)
El Addade (2003-2004)
De tochten(2004-2005)
VVredestad (2005-2006)
Bagdad bazaar (2007-2008)
Oraal (2008-2009)
De Graftombe van de Dame (2009-2010) [6]

References

"Hazim Kamaledin - Boeken & Biografie - Polis". polis.be. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
"Missie". penvlaanderen.be. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
https://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2014/10/16/604697.htm
"كاباريهت وأقتراب موت الذات – اضواء – مؤيد داود البصام". 17 January 2015.
"KSP - Producties - Foto's in de storm (2001-2002-podiumproductie)".
http://data.kunsten.be/people/hazim-kamaledin

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[1] "Hazim Kamaledin - Boeken & Biografie - Polis". polis.be. Retrieved 5 August 2017.

[2] "Missie". penvlaanderen.be. Retrieved 5 August 2017.

[3] ttps://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2014/10/16/604697.htm

[4] "كاباريهت وأقتراب موت الذات – اضواء – مؤيد داود البصام". 17 January 2015.

[5] "KSP - Producties - Foto's in de storm (2001-2002-podiumproductie)".

[6] ttp://data.kunsten.be/people/hazim-kamaledin