Ali Ja'far al-Allaq (Arabic: علي جعفر العلاق, romanized: ʻAlī Jaʻfar al-ʻAllāq;1945) is an Iraqi poet, literary critic and academic.
He completed his secondary education in Baghdad, received his BA in Arabic literature from Al-Mustansiriya University in 1973, and doctorate in criticism and modern literature from the University of Exeter in Britain, 1984.
He has written many researches and critical articles in newspapers, in Arabic and English.
[2] He also served as Director of Theaters and Folklore for the Ministry of Culture in Iraq, 1976-1978.
Among his poetry collections, are: Literary criticism: Collaborative writings: in English Others books: