Zuhur Dixon

Zuhur Dixon () (1933 – 22 March 2021) was an Iraqi poet.

Biography

She was born in 1933 in Abu Al-Khaseeb. Dixon later moved to Baghdad with her husband. Her writing deals with the role of women in a very traditional society.

Her work was included in the anthologies Modern Arabic Poetry: An Anthology and This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World.

Dixon died on 22 March 2021, aged 88.

Works

Selected works:

• Cities have another awakening, poetry (1976)
• A Homeland for Everything, poetry (1979)

References