# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shawqi-abdul-amir
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:55:53.137Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shawqi-abdul-amir"
name: "Shawqi Abdul Amir"
slug: "shawqi-abdul-amir"
description: "Shawqi Abdul Amir is an Iraqi poet and former diplomat. Born in Nassiriyah, he received his master's degree in comparative literature from the Sorbonne in 1974. He worked as a teacher in Algeria, joined journalism and cultural affairs and worked as a press consultant at the South Yemen Embassy in Paris and been director of the Yemeni Cultural Center in Paris since 1991. He founded Kitâb fî Jarîda in 1995 to make literature freely available to individuals and households across the Arab world, particularly those who lack the financial means to buy books."
tagline: "Iraqi poet"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-09-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.15
  momentum:             1.505016722408027
  historical:           5.479050666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2272878/"
    handle:    "nm2272878"
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chawki_Abdelamir"
    title: "Chawki Abdelamir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "شوقي عبد الأمير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawqi_Abdul_Amir"
    title: "Shawqi Abdul Amir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chawki_Abdelamir"
    title: "Chawki Abdelamir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavqiy_Abdul_Amir"
    title: "Shavqiy Abdul Amir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66859937"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump