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Kader Abdolah

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Also known as Hossein Sadjadi Ghaemmaghami Farahani, Qadir Abdullah

Iranian-Dutch columnist, poet, writer

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Kader Abdolah is a male writer, columnist, poet, and novelist born in Arak in 1954. He holds citizenship in Pahlavi Iran, Iran, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Abdolah was educated at Delft University of Technology and speaks and writes in Dutch and Persian. His native language is Persian.

He is the author of notable works including *The House of the Mosque*, *Karavaan*, *De kraai*, *Ketav yetedot*, *My Father's Notebook*, and *El viaje de las botellas vacías*. He has received the Gouden Ezelsoor award. He writes under the pseudonym Kader Abdolah.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1954
Works
33

Top works

  • Karavaan
  • De kraai
  • Ketav yetedot
  • My Father's Notebook
  • El viaje de las botellas vacías

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Netherlands
Active from
1954

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
20
Total plays
60

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kader+Abdolah">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
Hossein Sadjadi Ghaemmaghami Farahani , Arak , Markazi Province , Iran
Pen name
Kader Abdolah
Language
Dutch, Persian
Citizenship
Netherlands , Iran
Education
physics
Alma mater
University of Teheran

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Arak
Occupation
novelist
Languages spoken
Persian
Native language
Persian
Image
Kader abdolah oct08 by sander bakkes.jpg
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Commons category
Kader Abdolah
date of birth
1954-12-12
pseudonym
Kader Abdolah
Sources (3)

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Encyclopedic overview

Kader Abdolah and his daughter Bahar Abdolah.

Hossein Sadjadi Ghaemmaghami Farahani (Persian: حسین سجادی قائم‌مقامی فراهانی), better known by his pen name Kader Abdolah (Persian: قادر عبدالله) (Arak, 12 November 1954), is an Iranian-Dutch writer, poet and columnist. His books, written in Dutch, often contain Persian literary themes. He regularly appears on Dutch television as well.

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