Zuhur Dixon

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Zuhur Dixon
زهور دكسن
Born1933
Died22 March 2021(2021-03-22) (aged 87–88)
Baghdad, Iraq
Other namesZuhur Dickson, Zuhur Diksin
Occupation(s)Teacher and poet

Zuhur Dixon (

Arabic: زهور دكسن) (1933 – 22 March 2021) was an Iraqi poet.[1]

Biography

She was born in 1933 in Abu Al-Khaseeb. Dixon later moved to Baghdad with her husband.[2] Her writing deals with the role of women in a very traditional society.[1]

Her work was included in the anthologies Modern Arabic Poetry: An Anthology[2] and This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World.[3]

Dixon died on 22 March 2021, aged 88.[4]

Works

Selected works:[2]

  • Cities have another awakening, poetry (1976)
  • A Homeland for Everything, poetry (1979)

References