30 January - 3 February 2025 | Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur
Rodaan Al Galidi is a writer of Iraqi descent. As his native country didn’t register births when he was born, he does not know his birth date. He studied as an engineer in Iraq before fleeing to escape military service, arriving in the Netherlands in 1998. However, his request for asylum was rejected, and since he was not allowed to follow the official courses of Dutch language, he taught himself the language and started writing. In 2007, Al Galidi was one of the people to benefit from the general pardon given by the Dutch parliament to asylum seekers arriving before 2001, and he still lives in the country.He has published a number of poem-books and novels in Dutch. The novel Hoe ik talent voor het leven kreeg was published in English as Two blankets, three sheets. In 2021, his Arabische sprookjes and Holland will also be translated into English.
