Born in 1973 in Baghdad, Ahmed Saadawi is an Iraqi poet and novelist. He works in journalism and writes documentaries and TV series. He has published 6 books, one short story collection, and five novels. The most famous of these is the novel Frankenstein in Baghdad, which won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2014. It has been translated into more than 25 languages, including Korean. He won the 2017 French Grand Prize for Creative Imagination, the 2018 Golden Tentacle for Frankenstein in Baghdad which is also shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize and the 2019 Arthur C. Clarke International Award. He recently published his novel The Thirteenth Month and currently lives and works in Istanbul, Türkiye.