Kader Abdolah is a Persian–Dutch writer, poet and columnist. He has written books and many articles in Dutch and is known for using Persian literary items in his Dutch works. He regularly appears on Dutch TV channels as well. Kader Abdollah is the pen name of Hossein Sadjadi Ghaemmaghami Farahani . Kader Abdolah studied physics in Teheran. He joined the left-wing movement opposing the Shah – and later the Khomeini – regimes. He fled to the Netherlands as a political refugee in 1988. In 2006 he was writer in residence at Leiden University. Today he lives in Delft, writing... under a pseudonym composed of the names of two executed friends. Het huis van de moskee catapulted Abdolah onto the Dutch bestseller lists. It was voted second best Dutch novel ever in Holland. The English translation was released worldwide in January 2010.
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| Birthdate: | November 12, 1954 |
| Birthplace: | Arak |
| Age: | 57 |
| Also known as: | Hossein Sadjadi Ghaemmaghami Farahani |