Ali Jawad Al Taher

Ali Jawad Al Taher (علي جواد الطاهر; 1911?/1922? – 10 October 1996) was an Iraqi critic and literary scholar. He was born and raised in Hilla, Iraq. He received a PhD from Sorbonne University in 1954, and published numerous critical studies during his lifetime. He won the inaugural Al Owais Award in the "Criticism & Literary Studies" category in 1988–89.

Selected works

 * Arabic Poetry in Iraq and Persia in the Seljuk Era
 * The Son and Seven Other Stories
 * The Lamiya of Al Tughrai
 * Al Tughrai
 * Modern Iraqi Fiction
 * Teaching Arabic
 * Mahmoud Ahmad Al Sayed
 * Observations on the Simplified Arabic Encyclopaedia
 * Literary Research Methods
 * Al Khouraimi: Poems
 * Al Jawahiri: Poems
 * Al Tughrai: Poems
 * Beyond the Literary Horizon
 * Encyclopedia of Arabic Publications
 * Modern Stories and Plays