Mu'nis Razzaz was a Jordanian writer and is considered one of the most prominent modernist Arab novelists.
20 Facts About Mu'nis Razzaz
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Mu'nis Razzaz is primarily known for 15 award winning stories, including "State Encouragement Prize for the novel", and "State Merit Award in Arts".
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Mu'nis Razzaz's works focus on reflecting the situation of the Arabs; his wounds, fears, and pace of his life; and the repression that leads to the resignation of the mind and the pursuit of militants.
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Mu'nis Razzaz received his education at Madrasat Al mutran in Amman.
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Mu'nis Razzaz's mother was a pioneer in social and political work and his father was involved in politics in addition to his work in medicine.
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Mu'nis Razzaz attended Oxford University in the UK for a year to study English before heading to Beirut.
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Mu'nis Razzaz continued his studies in Iraq at the University of Baghdad, where he published his first novel Al Baher Min Wara'akom.
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Mu'nis Razzaz then traveled to the United States to study philosophy at Georgetown University in Washington DC before returning a year later to Baghdad to attend his father's appointment as the Assistant General Secretary of the Arab Socialist Baath Party.
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In 1992, Mu'nis Razzaz was Advisor to the Minister of Culture and Chief Editor of the monthly Al Afkar magazine.
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Mu'nis Razzaz wrote daily articles in the Al Ra'ii and Al Zaman magazines.
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Mu'nis Razzaz governed the administrative body of the Jordanian Writers Association from 1992 to 1994 before resigning to temporarily become the General Secretary of the Arab Democratic Party.
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Mu'nis Razzaz was the oldest of three siblings with a younger brother and a younger sister.
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Mu'nis Razzaz died at the age of 51, on 2 August 2002 at Louizmila Hospital in Amman.
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Mu'nis Razzaz's books focus on fractures and contradictions, and contain various styles inside this single divided experience that he falls back on in accordance with his vision towards knowledge and wisdom in times of frustration and desperation.
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Mu'nis Razzaz believed that freedom is an important human value that must be practiced in the daily life of every Arab citizen.
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Mu'nis Razzaz was one of the few Arab writers who dared to write about freedom and its violations in the Arab world.
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Mu'nis Razzaz criticized the violence of Arab dictatorship regimes in his writings.
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Mu'nis Razzaz used to publish daily political articles in many Jordanian and Arab newspapers, including the Jordanian newspaper Al-Dustour in the second half of the 1980s and the Jordanian newspaper Al-Rai in the 1990s.
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Mu'nis Razzaz was known for his negative philosophical view, and was in a constant state of depression.
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Writer Faisal Darraj mentioned that all Mu'nis Razzaz wanted to mention in his novels was the collapsing of the Arab world instead of its prosperity.