Saeed Aulaqi

Who is Saeed Aulaqi?

Saeed Aulaqi is a Yemeni dramatist and fiction writer. His story "The Succession" has been translated into English and was anthologized in two anthologies published in the West. As a playwright, he has tackled revolutionary themes and published a number of plays:

⁕Nidaa' al-Ard

⁕Fawq al-Jabal

⁕al-Qawi Wa l-Aqwa

⁕at-Tirka

⁕Mashrou' Zawaaj

⁕al-Mahzala al-Idaariyya.

He also wrote a comprehensive history of the theatre in Yemen entitled Sab’oun ‘Aaman Min al-Masrah Fi l-Yaman.

According to the German scholar Gunther Orth, Aulaqi was born in 1946 in Aden.