Hsain WarourHsain Warour (12/10/1941), known as the Author tailor, was born to a peasant family in the countryside of Damascus. After completing his primary education, he moved to Damascus in 1952 at the age of twelve to learn the profession of tailoring under te Armenian tailor Wahram Shahbandrian in the Al-Khaja Market. Once he mastered tailoring, he worked in several ready-made clothing factories while also being passionate about books and writing at an early age. He spent his earnings on buying books, newspapers, and cultural magazines. His first poetic work was published in Al-Mawed, a Lebanese magazine in 1955 when he was just fourteen years old. This marked a turning point in his life and his immersion into the world of literature. During his five-year mandatory military service, he obtained a secondary certificate and, before ending his service, earned a high school diploma through self-study. This helped him work later on in journalism and further pursue his interest in literature. In 1974, he moved to the city of Suweida in southern Syria to work as a tailor and gained great fame as a skilled craftsman. He also engaged in literary activities and served his community by helping establish a literary association that hosted numerous cultural events and invited Syrian and Arab writers and intellectuals. His tailor shop became a haven for writers and intellectuals.After experiencing economic hardship and losing all his possessions, Warour moved from Suweida back to Damascus in the early 1990s. He lived in his village close to Damascus for about eight years before returning to Shahba City near Suweida, where he resumed his literary activities while working as a tailor.Unfortunately, Warour's literary archives and photographs were damaged twice: first due to ignorance when his stepmother used large sacks filled with books, photos, and writings for firewood while Warour was away on military service. The second time, in 1996, his ex-wife, acting on the orders of her new husband, discarded all of his books, archives, manuscripts, and hundreds of photos taken during his journalistic career. As a result, nothing remained.Warour's journalistic career included working as an editor for a local Syrian newspaper between September 1969 and 1972, as He wrote daily columns under "Morning Talk" in one of Syria's most famous newspapers in the early mid1970s and published poems and articles in renowned Syrian and Arab newspapers. As a correspondent for the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Anbaa in the early 1990s. He was also a member of the editorial board for Romancia Magazine published in Dubai.In literature, Warour wrote two plays: "Orpheus" and "Work Injury." He further authored several novels such as Slaves Gate, Syrian Cain, Anise Boy, Akhenaten's Hostages, Interrupted Birds, Belong to Stars, and Heading with a Half Shadow. His poetry collections include titles like Inanna (Epic Formation), Ola and the Water Guardian, Phoenix Manifestations, Romances for Marcia, Mawawil in Deaf Space, Arriving with All Her Clouds, and She Blue of Foggy Land. He also contributed works on literary criticism named "The Spectrum in Narrative Space" along with other philosophical writings like Unburnable Papers and Tailor's Note Papers.He wrote for television during the 1980s and created two films: Life Begins Tomorrow and The Tree of Love. Additionally, he contributed to over twenty radio dramas in the 1980s, including; The Rose and the Halouk, The Inheritance Game, The Candy Seller, Radiant as the Sun, Malva, Wounds of Estrangement, Atta The Mugger, and The Bindle.Literature Awards: - First Award in the Damascus Arabic Novel Prize for his novel Syrian Cain in 2018.- First Award in the Syrian Short Story Competition for his story "Resident of Al-Nammara Palace" in 1988. - First Award in the Syrian Short Story Competition for his story "The Girl of Rose District" in 1992. Read More Read Less