Background
He was born in Damascus and studied law at Damascus University.
He was born in Damascus and studied law at Damascus University.
He held several jobs before taking up writing full-time. Haddad published his first novel Mosaic, Damascus "39 in 1991. Since then he has written several more, including A Fleeting Scene, The Unfaithful Translator, A Solo Performance on Piano and God"s Soldiers.
Excerpts of Haddad"s work have been translated in English and published in Banipal magazine.
The Princeton scholar and translator Max Weiss is currently translating Haddad"s 2009 novel A Solo Performance on Piano.