Ali Jawad Al Taher (Arabic: علي جواد الطاهر; 1911?/1922? – 10 October 1996) was an Iraqi critic and literary scholar. He was born and raised in Hilla, Iraq. He received a PhD from Sorbonne University in 1954, and published numerous critical studies during his lifetime. He won the inaugural Al Owais Award in the "Criticism & Literary Studies" category in 1988–89.[1]

Selected works

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  • Arabic Poetry in Iraq and Persia in the Seljuk Era
  • The Son and Seven Other Stories
  • The Lamiya of Al Tughrai
  • Al Tughrai
  • Modern Iraqi Fiction
  • Teaching Arabic
  • Mahmoud Ahmad Al Sayed
  • Observations on the Simplified Arabic Encyclopaedia
  • Literary Research Methods
  • Al Khouraimi: Poems
  • Al Jawahiri: Poems
  • Al Tughrai: Poems
  • Beyond the Literary Horizon
  • Encyclopedia of Arabic Publications
  • Modern Stories and Plays

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