Mahmoud Darwish
Palestinian writer (1941–2008) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic: مَحمُود دَرْوِيْش, romanized: Maḥmūd Darwīsh; 13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as Palestine's national poet.[1]
Mahmoud Darwish | |
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Native name | مَحمُود دَرْوِيْش |
Born | 13 March 1941 (1941-03-13) Al-Birwa, Acre Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine |
Died | 9 August 2008(2008-08-09) (aged 67) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Resting place | Ramallah, West Bank |
Occupation | Poet and writer |
Period | 1964–2008 |
Genre | Poetry |
In 1988, Darwish wrote the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, which was a declaration for the creation of a State of Palestine. Darwish won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine as a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile.[2][3] He has been described as incarnating and reflecting "the tradition of the political poet in Islam, the man of action whose action is poetry."[4] He also served as an editor for several literary magazines in Israel and the Palestinian territories.