Qusay al-Shaykh Askar

Qusay al-Shaykh Askar
Native name
قصي الشيخ عسكر
BornQusay Abd al-Ra'uf Askar
1951 (1951)
Nahr Jasim, Basra, Kingdom of Iraq
Occupation
  • novelist
  • poet
  • literary scholar
LanguageArabic, Danish
NationalityIraqi-Danish

Qusay Abd al-Ra'uf Askar, commonly known as Qusay al-Shaykh Askar (Arabic: قصي الشيخ عسكر, romanized: Quṣayy al-Shaykh ʻAskar;1951) is an Iraqi-Danish novelist, poet and literary scholar. His first poetry collection was published in 1983 and his first novel in 1985, since then he has created many fictional works.