Iyad Hayatleh
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Performance Poet |
| Location | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Introduction | A Palestinian refugee poet was born and grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria in 1960. He started writing poetry early and published his work in Arabic magazines, giving many readings in Syria, Lebanon and Yemen. He has lived in Glasgow since 2000, and he is now an active member of SCOTTISH PEN and ARTISTS IN EXILE GLASGOW and has taken part in many events and translation and poetry workshops giving many readings in Glasgow, Inverness, Belfast, Wigtown, and Edinburgh International Book Festival, and published some of his poems in Magazines and collective pamphlets in Scotland, and has his first collection published by Survivor’s Press, called " Beyond all measure ". And recently he co-led two poetry workshops in Glasgow and Inverness sponsored by Scottish Poetry Library and Oxfam. He is putting together a book of verse for publication later this summer will be published in Arabic in Damascus |
| Interests | Poetry, Walking, Swimming, outdoors |