Ashur Etwebi

Biography

Ashur Etwebi was born in 1952 in Tripoli, Libya. He is the author of six poetry collections, including Qsaed Al-Shorfa (Balcony Poems, 1993), Asdiqaoka Maro Min Hu (Your Friends Passed This Way, 2002), and Poems from Above the Hill: Selected Poems of Ashur Etwebi (2011). The poet, novelist and translator’s work reflects the culture, oral tradition and history of Libya. His writing also combines the traditional Libyan art of poetry with modern elements. After the fall of Muammar Gadafi, he played an important role in establishing cultural and literary festivals of Libyan poetry. He received his bachelor’s degree in medicine from Tripoli University in 1980 and his doctorate from University College Galway, Ireland, in 1990. Etwebi was a professor of medicine at the University of Zawia, and he now lives in Norway.

Birth Date

1952-01-01

Place of Birth

Kenyan

Country of Nationality

Libya, Norway

Languages Spoken

Arabic and Norwegian

University of Tripoli, University of Galway

Poetry Collections

Balcony Poems/Qsaed Al-Shorfa (1993); Your Friends Passed Along This Way/Asdiqaoka Maro Min Hu (2002); Poems from Above the Hill: Selected Poems of Ashur Etwebi (2011), Anderson, S.C. : Parlor Press

Sources

"Ashur Etwebi (Al-Twebi)." Banipal: Magazine of Modern Arab Literature, www.banipal.co.uk/contributors/775/ashur-etwebi/. Accessed 12 April 2022.
 
"Ashur Etwebi." International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN), www.icorn.org/writer/ashur-etwebi. Accessed 12 April 2022.
 
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22. Joris, Pierre, and Habib Tengour. Poems for the Millennium. The University of California Book of North African Literature. University of California Press, 2012. Accessed 12il 2022.
 
Ṭuwaybī ʻĀshūr, et al. Poems from Above the Hill: Selected Poems of Ashur Etwebi“Ash. Parlor Press, 2011. Accessed 12 April Apr 2022.