| Walid Ikhlasi | |
| Native Name: | وليد إخلاصي |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Birth Date: | 1935 5, df=y |
| Birth Place: | İskenderun, Syria, France |
| Death Place: | Aleppo, Syria |
| Other Names: | Walīd Ikhlāṣī, Waleed Ekhlassi |
| Occupation: | Writer |
Walid Ikhlasi (ar|وليد إخلاصي; 27 May 1935 – 19 February 2022) was a Syrian novelist, short story writer and playwright.
Born in İskenderun, after getting a degree as an agricultural engineer, Ikhlasi started his career as a writer of short stories in 1954.[1] In 1963, he published Qissas ("Stories"), his first collection of stories, and two years later, he debuted as a novelist with Shita al-bahr al-yabis.[2]
Also an avantgarde playwright, his style is characterized by an experimental, surrealistic, and absurdist vein, often mixed with an extreme realistic tone.[3] Among his major themes, is his longing for democracy and freedom.
Besides his literary activity, Ikhlasi served as a lecturer at the University of Aleppo. He died in Aleppo on 19 February 2022, at the age of 86.[4]