Amarji is a poet, author, and Syrian translator, born in Latakia in 1980. He has translated twelve books into Arabic and has had the following four books of poetry published: N (Mawaqef 2008- Beirut, Lebanon), Perugia: Il testo- Il corpo (Mawaqef 2009, Beirut, and Bidayat 2009, Damascus), Navigazioni Erotiche (Mawaqef 2011, Beirut, and Bidayat 2011, Damascus), Rosa dell’animale con Maria Grazia Calandrone (Arabic edition: Attakween 2014, Damascus; Italian edition: Zona Contemporanea 2015, Roma). He won the first poetry prize in Edition XVIII of the “Festival della poesia dei giovani” in Syria, 2011, and the first poetry prize of the “Concorso Internazionale di Prosa, Poesia e Fotografia” announced by the Movimento Artistico Recupero delle Identità Culturali (M.A.R.I.C.) of Salerno, April 15 2018. He was also the runner up for the international literary prize, Magna Graecia Poesia, sezione “aforismi,” in Genova, June 21 2018.
