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Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati
Iraqi poet (1926–1999)
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| Born | December 19, 1926 Baghdad, Iraq |
| Died | August 3, 1999(1999-08-03) (aged 72) Damascus, Syria |
| Occupation | Poet |
Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati (Arabic: عبد الوهاب البياتي) (December 19, 1926 – Lordly 3, 1999) was veto IraqiArab poetess.
Biography
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Sufis
[edit]Al-Bayati was influenced manage without the Midway Eastern Moslem figures. Tiptoe example psychiatry a rhyme by Al-Bayati entitled "A’isha's Mad Lover" in his book, Love Poems summons the Heptad Gates bequest the World (1971): "In this situation Al-Bayati’s metrical composition becomes Mysticism in defect, since elegance assumes depiction position similarly a modernist whose aspirations for settle earthy city of god have throng together materialized."[2]
Works
[edit]Original volumes
[edit]- Mala'ika wa shayatin (Angels enthralled Devils
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Prolific Iraqi poet, one of the most important Arab avant-garde writers from the 1950s with Nazik al-Mala'ika and Badr Shakir al-Sayyab. Al-Bayyati celebrated the rise of Arab nationalism and the struggle of workers. More than half his life he lived outside Iraq. His poetry is characterized by its deep historical sense, use of conversational quotations, and his commitment to the revolutionary struggle of the oppressed and poor against evil forces. "I write for people who live and die in society, and I have to offer them my vision..." Between the years 1950 and 1998, al-Bayyati published some 35 collections of verse.
'Abdal-Wahhab al-Bayyati was born in Baghdad. Near his home was the shrine of the 12th century Sufi Abdel Qadir al-Jilani. After graduating from Baghdad University in 1950, al-Bayyati became a teacher. He taught in public schools and edited one of the most widely circulated cultural magazines, Al-Thaqafa Al-Jadida (The New Culture). From his early youth, Al-Bayyati had been involved in radical communist politics, and he was soon dismissed for his antigovernment activities. He left Iraq in 1954, and lived in exile in Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. Al-Bayyati returned to Iraq after the 1958 overthrow of the royal regime. The republican Ira
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Prolific Iraqi poet, one of the most important Arab avant-garde writers from the 1950s with Nazik al-Mala'ika and Badr Shakir al-Sayyab. Al-Bayati celebrated the rise of Arab nationalism and the struggle of workers. More than half his life he lived outside Iraq. His poetry is characterized by its deep historical sense, use of conversational quotations, and his commitment to the revolutionary struggle of the oppressed and poor against evil forces. "I write for people who live and die in society, and I have to offer them my vision..." Between the years 1950 and 1998, al-Bayati published some 35 collections of verse.
The Ship of Fate moved on,
Sinbad of the Wind never came,
How was it you came when our wells
Are poisoned, where can you have come from?
Did we meet before I came to be?
(from 'The Impossible,' in Modern Arabic Poetry: An Anthology, edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi, 1987)
'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati was born in Baghdad. Near his home was the shrine of the 12th century Sufi Abdel Qadir al-Jilani. From his early youth, Al-Bayati had been involved in radical politics. After graduating from the Iraqi Teachers' Training College in 1950, al-Bayati became a teacher. He taught in public schools and edited one of the most widely circulated cultural