Mahmoud Darwish
Also known as M. Darwish, Mahmoud Darwich
The national Palestinian poet, and author (1941–2008)
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Mahmoud Darwish was a Palestinian poet and author (1941–2008) who became the national voice of Palestinian literature and identity. His work matters because it gave literary expression to Palestinian experiences and struggles, making him one of the most important Arab writers of his time.
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- The Raven's Ink
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- Almond Blossoms and Beyond
- Palestine as Metaphor
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Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic: مَحمُود دَرْوِيْش, romanized: Maḥmūd Darwīsh; 13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian author and poet. He wrote the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, which formally established the State of Palestine in November 1988, and is widely regarded as the country's national poet. His poetry and other literature, for which he won numerous awards internationally, was published in Arabic, while he also spoke English, French, and Hebrew.
In his poetic works, Darwish explored Palestine as a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile. He has been described as incarnating and reflecting "the tradition of the political poet in Islam, the man of action whose action is poetry." He served as an editor for several literary magazines in both Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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