Fadhil Abbas al-Ka'bi

Fadhil Abbas al-Ka'bi
Fadhil Abbas al-Ka'bi
Native name	فاضل عباس الكعبي
Born	1955; Mahmoudiyah, Kingdom of Iraq
Occupation	Poet; Writer; Journalist;
Language	Arabic
Genre	Children's literature, Young adult fiction

Fadhil Abbas al-Ka'bi (Template:Lang-ar;1955) is an Iraqi author of children's literature and childhood studies. From 1978, he turned to journalism and was appointed in various positions, including head of the Children's Literature Association in Iraq from its founding in 1993 until 2000. He emerged in the 1990s as a literary critic, writer and researcher specializing in Arabic children's literature, theater and culture. He received many awards, certificates of appreciation and honorary doctorates from several institutionsin for his literature and journalism career.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Biography and career

Fadhil Abbas Ali al-Ka'bi was born in Mahmoudiyah in 1955. He has been working in journalism since 1978 and in many cultural, media and literary institutions and organizations concerned with children's issues in Iraq.^[5]^[2]

Official

Al-Ka'bi is a founding member and then head of the Children's Literature Association in Iraq from its founding in 1993 until 2000, a founding member of the Support Iraqi Children Organization since its founding in 1992, he held several positions there until 2002. He was the official of the Children's Literature Club in the Union of Iraqi Writers from 1998 to 2001. From 1990s he held several positions in several civil institutions and organizations, as a member of the jury, an expert and an advisor for children's culture.^[5]

Media

He was appointed deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine Al-Tofoula from 1996 until 2003, and editor-in-chief of Children of the Future magazine until 2011. He wrote and prepared many children's programs and series on Iraqi Radio and Television from the 1970s until the 1990s. He also wrote many educational songs and chants for children. Al-Ka'bi is a consultant and expert on scientific culture and children's culture at the Iraq Foundation for Media Scientific and Culture (IGFMSC).^[5]

Awards

Awarded honorary doctorate by Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology^[5]
1994: Children's Poetry Award from the Iraqi Child Welfare Commission^[5]
1999: Child Song Festival Award, Jordan ^[5]
2009: First prize in children's poetry from the Iraqi Children's Culture Department, Iraqi Ministry of Culture^[5]
2010: First prize in children's poetry from the Iraqi Ministry of Culture^[5]
2010 and 2011: Best writer of children's play by a poll of the Eyon Foundation for Cultrue and Arts^[5]
2010: Abdul Hameed Shoman prize for Children's Literature in the Field of Critical Studies.^[5]

Works

Children's literature

Poetry:

Fiction:

Plays:

Children's studies

References

^ Yaʻqub, Imil (2004). Muʻjam al-shuʻarāʼ : mundhu badʼ ʻaṣr al-Nahḍah معجم الشعراء منذ بدء عصر النهضة [Dictionary of poets since the beginning of Nahda] (in Arabic). Vol. 2 (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sader. p. 898.
^ ^a ^b Al-Jaburi, Kamel Salman (2003). Mu'jam Al-Shu'ara' min Al-'Asr Al-Jahili Hatta Sanat 2002 معجم الأدباء من العصر الجاهلي حتى سنة 2002 [Dictionary of literaries from the pre-Islamic era until 2002] (in Arabic). Vol. 4 (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah. p. 418.
^ Al-Jaburi, Kamel Salman (2003). Mu'jam Al-Udaba' min Al-'Asr Al-Jahili Hatta Sanat 2002 معجم الشعراء من العصر الجاهلي حتى سنة 2002 [Dictionary of poets from the pre-Islamic era until 2002] (in Arabic). Vol. 4 (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah. p. 143.
^ Lexicographers of al-Babatin dictionary (1995). Muʻjam al-Bābaṭīn lil-shuʻarāʾ al-ʻArab al-muʻāṣirīn معجم البابطين للشعراء العرب المعاصرين (in Arabic). Vol. 3 (first ed.). Kuwait: Muʾassasat Jāʾizat ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz Saʻūd al-Bābaṭīn lil-Ibdāʻ al-Shiʻrī.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Sawalha, Mohammed (16 February 2022). "السيرة الذاتية والأدبية للأديب العراقي الدكتور فاضل الكعبي". afaqhorra (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

[1] Yaʻqub, Imil (2004). Muʻjam al-shuʻarāʼ : mundhu badʼ ʻaṣr al-Nahḍah معجم الشعراء منذ بدء عصر النهضة [Dictionary of poets since the beginning of Nahda] (in Arabic). Vol. 2 (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sader. p. 898.

[Jaburi-2] Al-Jaburi, Kamel Salman (2003). Mu'jam Al-Shu'ara' min Al-'Asr Al-Jahili Hatta Sanat 2002 معجم الأدباء من العصر الجاهلي حتى سنة 2002 [Dictionary of literaries from the pre-Islamic era until 2002] (in Arabic). Vol. 4 (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah. p. 418.

[3] Al-Jaburi, Kamel Salman (2003). Mu'jam Al-Udaba' min Al-'Asr Al-Jahili Hatta Sanat 2002 معجم الشعراء من العصر الجاهلي حتى سنة 2002 [Dictionary of poets from the pre-Islamic era until 2002] (in Arabic). Vol. 4 (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah. p. 143.

[4] Lexicographers of al-Babatin dictionary (1995). Muʻjam al-Bābaṭīn lil-shuʻarāʾ al-ʻArab al-muʻāṣirīn معجم البابطين للشعراء العرب المعاصرين (in Arabic). Vol. 3 (first ed.). Kuwait: Muʾassasat Jāʾizat ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz Saʻūd al-Bābaṭīn lil-Ibdāʻ al-Shiʻrī.

[Sawalha-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Sawalha, Mohammed (16 February 2022). "السيرة الذاتية والأدبية للأديب العراقي الدكتور فاضل الكعبي". afaqhorra (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

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