Salam Manmi was born in 1937 in Sulaymaniyah.
He first went to religious studies under his father Mullah Ghafouri and teachers such as Mustafa Zalmi and Sheikh Tofiq Barzanji.
In 1958, he went to Cairo with several friends to study at Al-Azhar University, where he studied for a year. Due to the deteriorating relations between Egypt and Iraq, Iraqi students left Egypt, so he could not continue his studies and returned to Baghdad. He was admitted to the Sharia College in Baghdad.
He graduated from the Sharia College in Baghdad in 1960. After graduation, he obtained a bachelor's degree in Arabic.
He then became an Arabic teacher in Sulaymaniyah and taught in Watan and Salahaddin schools.
In 1974, he joined the September Revolution with a group of fellow writers, where he worked in the media. He was a reporter for the Kirkuk forces. He was also the Director of Follow-up at Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan. He was appointed in charge of the reserve radio for emergencies in Khalan.
He was a teacher for 22 years and later became a supervisor of education.
He provided a lot of services to the students of Sulaymaniyah and because of his service and skills he became the supervisor of Arabic language in secondary and high schools in Sulaymaniyah.
Apart from education, his main field of work and service was literature and writing.
He began writing in 1970 and published his first feature story, A Tireless Farmer.
He later published his stories and writings in newspapers and magazines such as Hawkari, Bayan, Roshnbiri Nwe and Roji Kurdistan. He has published twenty books.
His works include stories, folklore, culture, mythology and literature. His stories are written in a national language from a class and social perspective and express the pain and sorrows of farmers and workers.
Manmi has also paid attention to children's literature and has written several stories for Kurdish children and published them in two volumes.
In addition to the world of stories, Manmi has paid attention to other cultural fields such as folklore, culture and mythology and has presented several books in these fields to the Kurdish library.
Due to his cultural experience and ability, he served as an expert in the General Directorate of Printing and Publishing of the Ministry of Culture.
Salam Manmi was a struggling man who was always on the front of his people and country. He participated in the September Revolution in 1974 and served in the media and Voice of Kurdistan.
He passed away on Thursday, 09-04-2015 and his body was buried on Ablakh Hill.[1]