Ahmed Shawqi
Poet, Author
1868 – 1932
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Who was Ahmed Shawqi?
Ahmed Shawqi, also written as Ahmed Chawki, nicknamed Amīr al-Shu‘arā’, was one of the greatest Arabic poets 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. On the paternal side he was of Circassian, Greek and Kurdish descent, and on the maternal side of Turkish and Greek descent.
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- Born
- Dec 25, 1868
Cairo - Also known as
- Amir al-Sho'araã
- the prince of poets
- Nationality
- Khedivate of Egypt
- Profession
- Education
- Translation
(1885 - )
- Translation
- Died
- Oct 23, 1932
Kingdom of Egypt
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on July 23, 2013
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