Qustaki al-Himsi

Poet, Author

1858 – 1941

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Who was Qustaki al-Himsi?

Qustaki al-Himsi was a Syrian writer and poet of the Nahda movement, a prominent figure in the Arabic literature of the 19th and 20th centuries and one of the first reformers of the traditional Arabic poetry. With his book The researcher's source in the science of criticism, al-Himsi is considered to be the founder of modern literary criticism among the Arab scholars.

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Born
Feb 4, 1858
Aleppo
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Died
Mar 9, 1941
Aleppo

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on July 23, 2013

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