Mahmoud Darwish
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Birth Name: Mahmoud Darwish
Born: 13 March 1941 Died: 9 August 2008
Country of origin: Palestinian Territory, Occupied
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Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic: محمود درويش, Romanized: Mahmoud Darwīsh, 13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He 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. 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 also served as an editor for several literary magazines in Palestine.
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