Naïm Kattan

Naïm Kattan, OC CQ FRSC (Ibraniyawa: , Larabci: ; 26 ga Agusta, 1928 - 2 ga Yuli, 2021)  marubuci ne na Kanada, marubuci kuma mai sukar asalin Yahudawa na Iraki. Shi ne marubucin littattafai sama da 30, waɗanda aka fassara cikin harsuna da yawa.Kattan, Naim. “Cities of Birth.” Queen's Quarterly, 112:4 (2005): 519–526

 Tarihin rayuwa 
Kattan ya shafe shekaru na farko na rayuwarsa yana girma a Baghdad na Yahudawa, kuma ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Baghdad daga 1945 har zuwa 1947. Wadannan shekarun rayuwarsa ana bincika su a cikin littafinsa Farewell, Babylon . An fara buga shi a Faransanci a matsayin Adieu, Babylone a 1975, Sheila Fischman ce ta fassara littafinsa kuma ta buga shi a Turanci a 1976.  Shekaru na farko na rayuwar Kattan sun kasance masu rikitarwa. Kattan ya tuna a cikin Farewell, Babylon abubuwan da suka faru na girma a cikin al'umma da ke tsakanin kishin kasa na Yahudawa da Larabawa, tsoro na Farhud na 1941, da kuma adawa da Yahudawa, amma kuma nasarorin Yahudawa a cikin birnin Larabawa mai duniya.

A shekara ta 1947, an ba Kattan tallafin karatu daga gwamnatin Faransa, kuma ya bar Iraki don nazarin adabi a Sorbonne a Paris. Kattan ya yi hijira zuwa Montreal a shekara ta 1954.  Tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da Majalisa ta Yahudawa ta Kanada, Naim Kattan ya kafa Le Cercle Juif, wani littafi da aka sadaukar don gina alaƙar al'adu tsakanin Yahudawa da Faransanci Kanada a cikin 1950, wanda shine jaridar Faransanci ta farko da ba Katolika ba da aka buga a Montreal. Kattan ya ci gaba da rubuta wani shafi na wallafe-wallafen a cikin Le Devoir, kuma kusan kusan shekaru 25 ya jagoranci sashen rubuce-rubuce da bugawa na Majalisar Kanada don shirin Rubuce-rufe da Bugawa. Kattan ya kuma kasance Mataimakin Farfesa a Sashen Nazarin Littattafai a Jami'ar Quebec a Montreal . 

 Ayyuka 

 Barka da Babila 
Farewell, Babylon wani labari ne na tarihin farkon shekarun Kattan da ke girma a Baghdad na Yahudawa. Labari na rayuwa, baƙin ciki, da zuwan shekaru, Farewell, Babila a lokaci guda darasi ne na tarihi da girmamawa ga Baghdad na Yahudawa. An fara buga shi a Faransanci a 1975 kamar yadda, "Adieu, Babylone," Sheila Fischman ce ta fassara littafin kuma ta buga shi a Turanci a 2005.  Shi ne na farko na trilogy wanda ya biyo bayan mai gabatarwa Meir yayin da yake motsawa daga Iraki, zuwa Faransa kuma a ƙarshe zuwa Kanada, hanyar sirri da ƙwararru wanda ya nuna nasa marubucin. Aikin ya ba da labarin jerin al'amuran, ba lallai ba ne a cikin tsari na lokaci, na matashi na mai gabatarwa. Farewell, Babylon da Kattan da kansa ba a san su sosai ba a waje da masana'antu. Koyaya, aikin yana da mahimmanci ga duk wanda ke da sha'awar tarihi, al'adu da siyasa na Iraki na zamani. Duk da yake Farewell, Babila za a iya la'akari da wallafe-wallafen tarihi, babban jigo na littafin shine zuwan shekaru. Jigogi na gaba sune ainihi, wanzuwar da ƙaunar adabi.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Matattun 2021
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1928