List of Arabic language poets
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List of Arabic language poets most of whom were Arab
s and who wrote in the Arabic language
. Each year links to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article.
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
s and who wrote in the Arabic language
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
. Each year links to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article.
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- Abbas Ibn al-AhnafAbbas Ibn al-AhnafAbu al-Fadl Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf, , Arabic, عباس بن الأحنف, was an Arab Abbasid poet from the clan of Hanifa. His work consists solely of love poems . It is "primarily concerned with the hopelessness of love, and the perosna in his compositions seems resigned to a relationship of deprivation"...
(750–809) (عباس بن الأحنف) - Salih ibn 'Abd al-Quddus (d. 784)
- Iliyya Abu Madi, (d. 19571957 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Howl obscenity trial in San Francisco brings significant attention to beat poetry, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg...
) - 'Abid ibn al-Abris, (d. 554)
- Layla al-Akhyaliyyah, (d. 704)
- Abu-l-'AtahiyaAbu-l-'AtahiyaAbū l-ʻAtāhiyya Abū l-ʻAtāhiyya Abū l-ʻAtāhiyya (أبو العتاهية, full name Abu Isħaq Ismā'īl ibn Qāsim al-ʻAnazī إسماعيل بن القاسم (العنزي، بن سويد العيني)Abu l-'Atahiyya (828-748) was an Arab poet born at 'Aynu t-Tamar in the Iraqi desert, near al-Anbar. His ancestors were of the tribe of ʻAnaza....
, (d. 828) - Al-'Arji, (d. 738)
- Muhyi al-din ibn al-'ArabiIbn ArabiIbn ʿArabī was an Andalusian Moorish Sufi mystic and philosopher. His full name was Abū 'Abdillāh Muḥammad ibn 'Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn `Arabī .-Biography:...
, (d. 12401240 in poetry-Events:*Peire Bremon Ricas Novas and Sordello attack each other in a string of sirventes-Births:* Tran Thanh Tong , Vietnamese poet and ruler* Yunus Emre , Turkish poet and Sufi mystic...
) - Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazzAbdullah ibn al-Mu'tazzAbdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz was persuaded to assume the role of caliph of the Abbasid dynasty following the premature death of al-Muktafi. He succeeded in ruling for a single day and a single night, before he was forced into hiding, found, and then strangled in a palace intrigue that brought...
(861–908) - Abd Al-Rahman AbnudiAbd Al-Rahman AbnudiAbdel Rahman el-Abnudi is a popular Egyptian poet, and more recently a children's books writer. He is one of a generation of poets who wrote their work in the Egyptian dialect rather than in Classical Arabic, the standard literary language...
(b. 19381938 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* In Nazi Germany, the Reichsschrifttumskammer banned German expressionist poet Gottfried Benn from further writing.-Australia:* Rex Ingamells and Ian Tilbrook, Conditional Culture, published in...
) - Abdul Rahman YusufAbdul Rahman YusufAbdul Rahman Yusuf is an Egyptian Qatari poet who writes original poetry, maintaining the rules of poetry and dedicated to the issues of the Arab nation as well as aesthetics of Arabic poetry....
(b. 1970) - Abo Al Qassim Al Shabbi
- Sa'id 'Aql, (b. 1912)
- Abu-l-'AtahiyaAbu-l-'AtahiyaAbū l-ʻAtāhiyya Abū l-ʻAtāhiyya Abū l-ʻAtāhiyya (أبو العتاهية, full name Abu Isħaq Ismā'īl ibn Qāsim al-ʻAnazī إسماعيل بن القاسم (العنزي، بن سويد العيني)Abu l-'Atahiyya (828-748) was an Arab poet born at 'Aynu t-Tamar in the Iraqi desert, near al-Anbar. His ancestors were of the tribe of ʻAnaza....
(748–828) - Al-Mutanabbi (915–965)
- Abu 'AfakAbu 'AfakAbu 'Afak was a Jewish poet who lived in the Hijaz region . Abu 'Afak did not convert to Islam and was vocal about his opposition to Muhammad...
(7th Century) - Abu TammamAbu TammamAbu Tammam was an Abbasid era Arab poet and Muslim convert born to Christian parents.- Biography :...
(c. 805–845) - Abbas Al Akkad (1889–1964)
- Adunis (b. 1928–)
- Ali Al JallawiAli Al JallawiAli Al Jallawi is a poet, researcher, and writer. After two periods of imprisonment for writing poetry critical of the political regime in Bahrain, Al Jallawi has gone on to publish seven volumes of his work, most recently Tashta’il karazat nahd, 2008...
(b. 1975–) - al-Akhtal (c. 640–710)
- Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'shaAl-A'shaAl-A'sha or Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha was an Arabic Jahiliyyah poet from Manfuha, Arabia.He was widely traveled and was nicknamed Al-A'sha which means "night-blind" after he lost his sight. One of his qasidah or odes is sometimes included in the Mu'allaqat, an early Arabic poetry collection....
(570–625) - Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-HuqayqAl-Rabi ibn Abu al-HuqayqAr-Rabī' bin Abī 'l-Huqayq was a Jewish poet of the Banu al-Nadir in Medina, who flourished shortly before the Hegira .His family was in possession of the fort Qamus, situated near Khaybar...
(7th Century) - 'Alqama ibn 'Abada'Alqama ibn 'Abada'Alqama ibn 'Ubada , Arabic علقمة بن عبدة generally known as 'Alqama al-Fahl علقمة الفحل , an Arabian poet of the tribe Tamim, who flourished in the second half of the 6th century....
(6th century) - Ibn AmmarIbn AmmarIbn Ammar 1031–1086) was a Muwallad poet from Silves.Ibn Ammar, descended from a Portuguese Muslim family, became Grand Vizier of the taifa of Seville. Though he was poor and unknown, his skill in poetry brought him the friendship of the young Abbad III al-Mu'tamid, who named him prime...
(c. 1031–1086) - Amr ibn KulthumAmr ibn KulthumAmr ibn Kulthum Ibn Malik Ibn A`tab Abu Al-Aswad al-Taghlibi , a knight and the leader of the Taghlab tribe which was in Al-Forat island and was famous for its glory, bravery and merciless behavior in battle...
(6th century) - 'Antara Ibn Shaddad (d. c. 580)
- Asma bint MarwanAsma bint MarwanʻAṣmāʼ bint Marwān was a female member of the Ummayad clan who lived in Medina in 7th century Arabia.The story of her death by command of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, after she bitterly opposed him with poetry and provoked other pagans to commit violence against him, can be found in the sīra...
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- Bashar ibn BurdBashar ibn BurdBashār ibn Burd nicknamed "al-Mura'ath" meaning the wattled, was a poet in the late Umayyad and the early Abbasid periods. Bashar was of Persian origin; his grandfather was taken as a captive to Iraq, his father was a freedman of the Uqayl tribe. Some Arab scholars considered Bashar the first...
(714–784) - Mourid BarghoutiMourid BarghoutiMourid Barghouti or Mureed Barghouti or Murid Barguti or Murid Barghuti is a Palestinian poet and writer....
(b. 19441944 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The first and second lines of Paul Verlaine's 1866 poem Chanson d'automne were broadcast by the Allies over Radio Londres this year as a message in code to the...
) - Mahmud Sami al-Barudi (d. 19041904 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Nobel Prize in Literature is shared by French poet Frédéric Mistral and Spanish dramatist José Echegaray y Eizaguirre....
) - Abd al-Wahhab Al-BayyatiAbd al-Wahhab Al-BayyatiAbd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati was an Iraqi poet. He was a pioneer in his field and defied conventional form of poetry that had been common for centuries.-Biography:...
(19261926 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The remains of English war poet Isaac Rosenberg, killed in World War I at the age of 28 and originally buried in a mass grave, are re-interred at Bailleul Road East Cemetery, Plot V, St...
–19991999 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* July 1 — Scotland's Parliament opened with the singing of Robert Burns' "A Man's a Man For A'That", instead of "God Save The Queen"...
) - al-Buhturi (820–897)
- 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Busiri (d. 12961296 in poetry-Deaths:* Philippe de Rémi , French jurist, royal official and poet* Dnyaneshwar , Maharashtran saint, poet, philosopher and yogi...
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- Mahmoud DarwishMahmoud DarwishMahmoud Darwish was a Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards for his literary output and was regarded as the Palestinian national poet...
(19411941 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*September 3 — 19-year-old John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator, flew a high-altitude test flight in a Spitfire V and afterwards wrote "High Flight" about the experience, on...
–20082008 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* June — the release in the United Kingdom of a new film, The Edge of Love, Dylan Thomas' relationship with two women, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys *...
) - Ibn DuraidIbn DuraidIbn Duraid ابن دريد الأزدي , Arab poet and philologist, was born at Basra...
(837–934) - Dhu al-Rummah, (d 735)
- Durayd ibn al-Simmah, (d. 630)
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- al-FarazdaqAl-FarazdaqHammam ibn Ghalib Abu Firas, commonly known as al-Farazdaq was an Arab poet....
(d. c. 729) - Ibn al-FaridIbn al-FaridIbn al-Farid or Ibn Farid ;Arabic, عمر بن علي بن الفارض was an Arab poet. He was born in Cairo, lived for some time in Mecca and died in Cairo. His poetry is entirely Sufic, and he was esteemed the greatest mystic poet of the Arabs...
(1181–12351235 in poetry-Works:* Fujiwara no Teika, editor, Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, an anthology of 100 Japanese poems, each by a different poet; is compiled about this year; the popularity of the anthology has endured to the present day, and a Japanese card game, Uta-garuta, uses cards with the poems printed on it...
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- Hafsah bint al-Hajj al-Rakuniyyah, (d. 1190)
- Mansur al-HallajMansur Al-HallajMansur al-Hallaj was a Persian mystic, revolutionary writer and pious teacher of Sufism most famous for his poetry, accusation of heresy and for his execution at the orders of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Muqtadir after a long, drawn-out investigation.-Early life:Al-Hallaj was born around 858 in Fars...
(d. 922) - Badi' al-Zaman al-HamadhaniBadi' al-Zaman al-HamadhaniBadi' al-Zamān al-Hamadāni or al-Hamadhāni was a Medieval Arab man of letters born in Hamathah . He is best known for his work the maqamat, a collection of 52 episodic stories of a rogue, Abu al-Fath al-Iskandari, as recounted by a narrator, 'Isa b. Hisham...
(967–1007) - Qassim HaddadQassim HaddadQassim Haddad is a Bahraini poet, particularly notable within the Arab world. He published his first collection in 1970 and has since published more than 16 books, including a book of poetry and paintings Majnun Laila, and a book of poetry in collaboration with Saudi photographer Saleh al-Azzaz...
(b. 19481948 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Sometime this year, Jack Kerouac introduced the phrase Beat Generation to describe his friends and as a general term describing the underground, anti-conformist youth gathering in New York at that...
) - Hassan ibn ThabitHassan ibn ThabitHassan ibn Thabit was an Arabian poet and one of the Sahaba, or companions of Muhammad. He was born in Yathrib , and was member of the Banu Khazraj tribe. According to tradition, he was the court poet to Muhammad.-Life:...
(d. c. 674) - Safi al-din al-Hilli, (d. c. 1339)
- Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-YashkuriHarith Ibn Hilliza Ul-YashkuriAl-Harith Ibn Hillizah Al-Yashkuri, Arabic الحارث بن حلزة اليشكري pre-Islamic Arabian poet of the tribe of Bakr, from the 5th century. He was famous as the author of one of the poems generally received among the Mo'allakat. Nothing is known of the details of his life....
- Ahmad 'Abd al-mu'ti Hijazi, (b. 19391939 in poetry— W. H. Auden, from "September 1, 1939"Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*Last issue of The Criterion is published....
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- Hafiz Ibrahim (18721872 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Alfred Austin, Interludes* Robert Browning, Fifine at the Fair...
–19321932 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*W. B. Yeats rents a house in Dublin....
) - 'Imran ibn Hittan, (d. 703)
- Imru' al-QaisImru' al-QaisImru` al-Qais bin Hujr al-Kindi was an Arabian poet in the 6th century AD, and also the son of one of the last Kindite kings. His qaseeda, or long poem, "Let us stop and weep" is one of the seven Mu'allaqat, poems prized as the best examples of pre-Islamic Arabian verse...
(6th century) - Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897–967)
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- Badawi al-JabalBadawi al-JabalBadawi al-Jabal , is the pen name of Muhammad Sulayman al-Ahmad , a Syrian poet of high reputation in the Arab world.-Life and poetry:...
, (b. 19071907 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Canada:* Peter McArthur, The Prodigal and other Poems* Robert W...
) - Jabal ibn JawwalJabal ibn JawwalJabal ibn Jawwal was a Jewish poet who wrote in the Arabic language during the 7th century. He was a contemporary of Muhammad.According to ibn Hisham and Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani Jabal ibn Jawwal was a Jewish poet who wrote in the Arabic language during the 7th century. He was a contemporary of...
(7th Century) - Salah Jaheen (19301930 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Canada:*Alfred Bailey, Tao: A Ryerson Poetry Chap Book, ....
–19861986 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* New American Writing, an annual literary magazine concentrating on poetry, is founded in Chicago, Illinois....
) - Jamal JumáJamal JumáJamal Jumá, An Iraqi poet and researcher, born in Baghdad, and since 1984 lived in Denmark. Has Bachelor of Arts in Arabic Literature from University of Basrah and Cand.mag. in Semitic Philology from the University of Copenhagen....
(b. 19561956 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* February 27—Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath meet in Cambridge...
) - Jamil Buthaynah, (d. 701)
- Jarir ibn `Atiyah al-Khatfi (d. c. 728)
- Muhammad Mahdi Al-JawahiriMuhammad Mahdi Al-JawahiriBorn 26 July 1899. Died 1 January 1997. Famous Iraqi poet.Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri was born in the city of Najaf in Iraq. His father, 'Abd al-Husayn was a religious scholar among the clergy in Najaf who wanted his son to be a cleric as well. So he dressed him in an cleric's 'Abaya and turban...
, (d. 19981998 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Samizdat poetry magazine founded in Chicago .* Skanky Possum poetry magazine founded in Austin, Texas....
) - Khalil Jubran (d. 19311931 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*Louis Zukofsky edits the February issue of Poetry magazine. The issue eventually will be recognized as the founding document of the Objectivist poets...
) - Ibn JuzayyIbn JuzayyAbū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ahmad Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi was a scholar, writer of poetry, history, and law from Al-Andalus. He is also known as the writer who dictated the travels of Ibn Battuta...
(1321–1340)
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- Ka'b bin ZuhayrKa'b bin ZuhayrKaʿb ibn Zuhayr was a pagan in the time of Muḥammad, the eldest son of Zuhayr ibn Abî Sûlmâ, and one of six men who refused the prophet's attempts to convert them....
(6th century) - Ibn Khafajah, (b. 1039)
- Khalil ibn AhmadKhalil ibn AhmadAbu ‘Abd ar-Rahmān al-Khalīl ibn Ahmad al-Farāhīdī , more commonly known as al-Farahidi, was a philologist from southern Arabia . His best known contributions are Kitab al-'Ayn , the current standard for Harakat , and the invention al-'arud . He moved to Basra, Iraq, he was Ibadi...
(718–791) - al-KhansaAl-KhansaTumāḍir bint ʿAmr ibn al-Ḥarth ibn al-Sharīd al-Sulamīyah , usually simply referred to as al-Khansā’ was a 7th century Arabic poet. She was born and raised in the Najd region...
(600–670) - Bisharah al-Khuri, (d. 19681968 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Belfast Group, a grouping of poets in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which was started in 1963 in poetry, lapsed in 1966 when founder Philip Hobsbaum left for Glasgow, is reconstituted this year by...
) - Kumait Ibn ZaidKumait Ibn ZaidKumait Ibn Zaid was an Arabian poet born in the reign of the first Omayyad caliph and lived in the reigns of nine others. He was, however, a strong supporter of the house of Hashim and an enemy of the South Arabians...
(679–743) - KuthayyirKuthayyirKuthayyir ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mulahi , commonly known as Kuthayyir 'Azza was an Arab 'Udhri poet of the Umayyad period from the tribe of Azd. He was born in Medina and resided in Hijaz and Egypt. In his poems he was occupied with his unfullfilled love to a married woman named 'Azza. Favorite...
(ca. 660-ca. 723)
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- Muhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al AzdiMuhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al AzdiMuhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al Azdi, born in c. 936, became the chief court poet to the Fatimid Caliph Imam, Al Mu'izz. Most of his collected poems are in praise of the Fatimids against the claims of the Abbasids and the Umayyads of Spain. He was also called al Mutanabbi of the West by many of...
, (d. 973) - Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri
- Abu ibn Abd Allah al-Ma'arriAl-Ma'arriAbul ʿAla Al-Maʿarri was a blind Arab philosopher, poet and writer....
(973–1057) - Ibrahim Al-MausiliIbrahim Al-MausiliIbrahim Al-Mausili , a singer, was born of Persian parents settled in Kufa. In his early years his parents died and he was trained by an uncle...
(742–804) - Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al MutamidMuhammad Ibn Abbad Al MutamidMuhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid was the third and last ruler of the taifa of Seville in Al-Andalus. He was a member of the Abbadid dynasty....
(1040–1095) - Francis MarrashFrancis MarrashFrancis bin Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrash , also known as Francis al-Marrash or Francis Marrash al-Halabi, was a Syrian writer and poet of the Nahda movement...
(18361836 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Bernard Barton and Lucy Barton, The Reliquary...
–18731873 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Alexander Anderson, A Song of Labour, and Other Poems...
) - Maryana MarrashMaryana MarrashMaryana bint Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrash , was a Syrian writer and poet of the Nahda movement . She brought the tradition of literary salons back into the Middle East. She was the first Syrian female poet to publish a collection of poetry...
(18481848 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood founded by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, and John Everett Millais...
–19191919 in poetry—From A Prayer for My Daughter by W. B. Yeats, first published this yearNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Two paintings by E. E...
) - Khalil MutranKhalil MutranKhalil Mutran , also known by the sobriquet Sha’ir al Qutrayn was a noted Arabic poet and journalist.-Life:...
(d. 19491949 in poetryLinks to nations or nationalities point to articles with information on that nation's poetry or literature. For example, United Kingdom links to English poetry and Indian links to Indian poetry.-Events:...
) - Muhammed Almagut (19341934 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Barretts of Wimpole Street, a film directed by Sidney Franklin, with Norma Shearer as Elizabeth Barrett and Fredric March as Robert Browning; redone in 1957, less successfully*The University...
–20062006 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon...
) - Salman MasalhaSalman MasalhaSalman Masalha is a poet, writer, essayist and translator. He is Druze citizen of Israel. Masalha is a bilingual writer who writes in Arabic and Hebrew, and publishes in both languages...
(b. 19531953 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* George Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen and Harold L...
) - Mohamed GhozziMohamed GhozziMohamed Ghozzi , born on the 24th February 1949 in Kairouan, is a Tunisian poet and critic, known for his poems with rich allusions for soufism and childhood.He has also written many tales and several plays.- Poetry Books :...
(20th century)
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- al-Nabighah al-Dhubyani (6th century)
- 'Abd al-ghani al-Nabulusi, (d. 17311731 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The only complete manuscript of Beowulf and the original manuscript of The Battle of Maldon are damaged in a fire at the archives of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton.* The Gentleman's Magazine is started and...
) - Ibrahim NagiIbrahim NagiIbrahim Nagi was an Egyptian poet. Nagi was also a doctor in internal medicine. Nagi's most famous poem is "El Atlal" or "The Ruins" which was eventually sang by famous Egyptian singer Om Kalthoom. He was a co founder of the Cairo Society for Romantic Poetry...
(18981898 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-The "Generation of '98" in Spain:...
–19531953 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* George Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen and Harold L...
) - Muzaffar al-Nawwab, (b. 19341934 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Barretts of Wimpole Street, a film directed by Sidney Franklin, with Norma Shearer as Elizabeth Barrett and Fredric March as Robert Browning; redone in 1957, less successfully*The University...
) - Ibn Nubatah al-Misri, (d. 1366)
- Abu NuwasAbu NuwasAbu-Nuwas al-Hasan ben Hani Al-Hakami ,a known as Abū-Nuwās , was one of the greatest of classical Arabic poets, who also composed in Persian on occasion. Born in the city of Ahvaz in Persia, of an Arab father and a Persian mother, he became a master of all the contemporary genres of Arabic poetry...
(750–813)
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- Nizar QabbaniNizar QabbaniNizar Tawfiq Qabbani was a Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher. His poetic style combines simplicity and elegance in exploring themes of love, eroticism, feminism, religion, and Arab nationalism...
(19231923 in poetry-- From Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", first published this year in his collection New HampshireNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:...
–19981998 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Samizdat poetry magazine founded in Chicago .* Skanky Possum poetry magazine founded in Austin, Texas....
) - Samih al-QasimSamih al-QasimSamīħ al-Qāsim Samīħ al-Qāsim Samīħ al-Qāsim ( is an Israeli Druze whose Arabic poetry is well-known throughout Arab World. His poetry is influenced by two primary periods of his life: Before and after the Six-Day War. He joined the Communist Hadash political party in 1967...
, (20th century) - Ibn QuzmanIbn QuzmanMuhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Quzman was the single most famous poet in the history of al-Andalus and he is also considered to be one of its most original. He was born and died in Cordoba and has earned his fame by his zajals...
(1078–1160) - Qays ibn al-Mullawah, (d. 688)
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- Ibn Qays al-Ruqayyat, (d. 704)
- Ibn al-RumiIbn al-RumiAli ibn Al-Abbas ibn Jurayj, also known as Ibn al-Rumi was the son of a Persian mother and a half-Greek father. By the age of twenty he earned a living from his poetry which would culminate in his masterpiece Diwan...
, (d. 896) - Ma'ruf al-Rusafi, (d. 19451945 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes, based on George Crabbe's The Borough...
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- Su'ad al-Sabah, (b. 19421942 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* George Oppen forces his induction into the U.S. Army....
) - Ibn Sahl of SevillaIbn Sahl of SevillaIbn Sahl of Seville is considered one of the greatest Moorish poets of Andalusia of the 13th century. He was a Jewish convert to Islam....
(1212–1251) - Al-Sanawbari, (d. 945)
- Al-Saraqusti al-Jazzar, (11th century)
- Tawfiq Sayigh, (d. 1971)
- Al-Shabb al-Zarif al-Tilimsani, (d. 1289)
- Abu al-qasim al-Shabbi, (d. 1934)
- Ahmed ShawqiAhmed ShawqiAhmed Shawqi was the great Arabic Poet-Laureate, an Egyptian poet and dramatist who pioneered the modern Egyptian literary movement, most notably introducing the genre of poetic epics to the Arabic literary tradition...
(18681868 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Canada:* James Anderson. Sawney's Letters, or Cariboo Rhymes.* Charles Mair, Dreamland and Other Poems, Canada-United Kingdom:...
–19321932 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*W. B. Yeats rents a house in Dublin....
) - Badr Shakir al-SayyabBadr Shakir al-SayyabBadr Shakir al Sayyab is an Iraqi and Arab poet, born in Jekor, a town south of Basra in Iraq. The eldest child of a date grower and shepherd. He graduated from the Higher teachers training college of Baghdad in 1948...
, (d. 19641964 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Among the many books of poetry published this year, Robert Lowell's For the Union Dead is greeted with particular acclaim...
) - Shams al-din al-Kufi
- al-Sharif al-Radi, (b. 1016)
- Samaw'al ibn 'AdiyaSamaw'al ibn 'Adiyaas-Samaw’al bin ‘Ādiyā’ .AlSamuel ibn 'Adiya was an Arabian poet and warrior, in the first half of the 6th century. His clan converted to Judaism when they were in Yemen...
(d. c. 560) - Abd Al-Rahman ShokryAbd Al-Rahman ShokryAbdel Rahman Shokry was an Egyptian poet from the Divan school of poets, born on 12 October 1886. He was born in Port Said and he travelled to England where he got his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sheffield....
(18861886 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Frederick James Furnivall founds the Shelley Society...
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- Abu TammamAbu TammamAbu Tammam was an Abbasid era Arab poet and Muslim convert born to Christian parents.- Biography :...
, (c. 805–845) - Tarafah ibn al 'AbdTarafaTarafa , was a 6th century Arabian poet of the tribe of the Bakr.After a wild and dissipated youth spent in Bahrain, left his native land after peace had been established between the tribes of Bakr and Taghlib and went with his uncle Al-Mutalammis to the court of the king of Hira, 'Amr ibn-Hind ,...
(6th century) - Ahmad al-TifashiAhmad al-TifashiAhmad al-Tifashi , born in Tiffech, a village near Souk Ahras in Algeria was an Arabic poet, writer, and anthologist.-Biography:...
(d. 12531253 in poetry-Works published:*the troubadour Englés and an anonymous jongleur compose a tenso debating the merits of the court of Theobald I of Navarre-Births:* Amir Khusro , Sufi, writing in Persian and Hindustani-Deaths:...
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- Fadwa ToukanFadwa ToukanFadwa Touqan , was well-known for her representations of resistance to Israeli occupation in contemporary Arab poetry.- Overview :Touqan's poetry is known for her distinctive chronicling of the suffering of her people, the Palestinian, particularly those living under Israeli occupation.Born in...
(19171917 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* July — Siegfried Sassoon issues his "Soldier's Declaration" and is sent by the military authorities to Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh, where on August 17 Wilfred Owen introduces himself...
–20032003 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry was opened at Queens University, Belfast, this year. It houses the Heaney Media Archive, a unique record of Heaney's entire oeuvre, as well as a full catalogue of...
) - Ibrahim TouqanIbrahim TouqanIbrahim Abd al-Fattah Touqan was a Palestinian nationalist poet whose works rallied Arabs during their revolt against the British. Touqan was born in Nablus, Palestine during Ottoman times. He was the brother of poetess Fadwa Touqan and he tutored and influenced her to write poetry...
(19051905 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Ezra Pound presents Hilda Doolittle with a sheaf of love poems with the collective title Hilda's Book...
–19411941 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*September 3 — 19-year-old John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator, flew a high-altitude test flight in a Spitfire V and afterwards wrote "High Flight" about the experience, on...
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- Waddah al-YamanWaddah al-YamanWaddah al-Yaman , born Abdul Rahman bin Isma’il al-Khawlani , was an Arab poet.-Biography:...
(d. 708) - Wallada bint al-MustakfiWallada bint al-MustakfiWallada bint al-Mustakfi , was an Arab Andalusian poet of Arabic language.-Early life:She was the daughter of Muhammad III of Córdoba, one of the last Umayyad Cordoban caliphs, who came to power in 1024 after assassinating the previous caliph Abderraman V, and who was assassinated himself two...
(994–1091) - al-Walid ibn YazidAl-Walid IIWalid ibn Yazid or Walid II was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 743 until 744. He succeeded his uncle, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik....
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- Jamil Sidqi al-ZahawiJamil Sidqi al-ZahawiJamil Sidqi al-Zahawi was a prominent Iraqi poet and philosopher. He is regarded as one of the greatest contemporary poets of the Arab world and was known for his defense of women's rights.-Biography:...
, (d. 19361936 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* James Laughlin founds New Directions Publishers in New York, which published many modern poets for the first time;...
) - Zuhayr ibn Abî SûlmâZuhayrZuhayr , was a pre-Islamic Arabian poet who lived in the 6th century AD. He is considered one of the greatest writer of Arabic poetry in pre-Islamic times. Zuhayr belonged to the Muzaynah tribe. His father was a poet...
(520–609) - Ibn ZaydúnIbn ZaydúnAbu al-Waleed Ahmad Ibn Zaydún al-Makhzumi known as Ibn Zaydún was a famous Arab poet of Cordoba and Seville. His romantic and literary life was dominated by his relations with the poetess Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, the daughter of the Ummayad Caliph Muhammad III of Cordoba...
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