Nizar Sartawi,
the poet and translator, was born in the town of Sartah, Palestine, in 1951. He holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature from the University of Jordan in Amman and a master's degree in Human Resource Development from the University of Minnesota in the United States. He is a member of the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Authors, the Jordanian Writers Association, the General Union of Arab Writers and Authors, and the editorial board of the journal "Awraq," published by the Jordanian Writers Association. He served as head of the judging panel at the Exelpen International Publishing Foundation in the Philippines and as director of international relations at the Inner Child Foundation in the United States. He has also served on numerous judging panels for poetry and translation competitions. He has participated in a number of cultural festivals, poetry readings, and international festivals in Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Sharjah, Dubai, Kosovo, and India.
- Sartawi writes in both Arabic and English. He has published three poetry collections in Arabic and English, and more than twenty-five books translated from Arabic to English and from English to Arabic. His poems in both languages have been published in more than fifty Arabic and international poetry volumes, and in numerous Arabic and international poetry magazines, newspapers, online publications, and Arabic and foreign literary and cultural websites.
- Sartawi translated many poems by contemporary poets from various countries around the world, especially from the United States and India.
- He also wrote introductions to several poetry collections in both Arabic and English, and participated in introducing numerous Arab and international poets and writers at poetry gatherings, evenings, and festivals. His works have been translated into more than twelve languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Hindi, Urdu, Danish, Malayalam, Tamil, and Gujarati.
- In 2012 he won the Al-Nour Award for Creativity, in 2018 he won the Naji Naaman Award for Creativity, and in 2019 he was honored by the Jerusalem Intellectuals Forum.
- The most important publications translated into Arabic:
- Fragments of the Moon : A Selection of Poems by the Italian Poet Mario Reli, Amman, 2013.
- Nightingale's Prayers : Translated Poetry Selections by the Indian Poet Sarojini Naidu, Amman, 2013.
- The wind dances in its cradle : Poetic selections by the Danish poet Niels Hauge, Amman, 2015.
- Searching for Bridges : A Selection of Poems by the German-American Poet Margarete Sinn, Amman, 2016.
- Al-Talhamiyah : A selection of poems by the Palestinian poet Natalie Handal, Amman, 2016.
- Morocco My Love : A collection of poems by the American poet William Peters, United States, 2017.
- Words of Light : A Selection of Poems by the Indian Poet Ashok Bhargava, 2018
- Series: "Contemporary Arab Poets" in both English and Arabic . Thirteen books have been published.
– Poetry collections translated into English:- Contemporary Jordanian Poets – Part One, Amman, 2013.
- The Wind's Path : A Selection of Poems by the Tunisian Poet Fadila Messaoudi, Rabat, 2015.
- Pearl of Sorrow : A Selection of Poems by the Lebanese Poet Abdul Karim Baalbaki, Beirut, 2016.
- Birth of a Poet : Translated Poetry Selections by the Lebanese Poet Muhammad Iqbal Harb, United States, 2016.
- Haifa and Other Poems : An Anthology of Poems Translated into English by the Palestinian Poet Samih Masoud, United States, 2016.
- The Blue Range : A selection of poems translated into English by the late Lebanese poet Anwar Salman, 2018
- The Emancipated: A Philosophical Story by Lebanese Writer Naji Al-Numan, 2019.
- Qaboos – Sultan of Peace : A book about Sultan Qaboos by Dr. Hamed Abdullah Al-Balushi, 2019.
- He participated in translating and preparing a poetry anthology of poets from around the world about world peace, published in America in 2017.
- He participated in translating and preparing an English poetry anthology of poets from around the world entitled Palestine , published in America in 2018.
- He has about four translated manuscripts, including poetry and biography, which he is working on publishing soon.
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