Adunis Writer

Ali Ahmad Said Esber (Arabic: علي أحمد سعيد إسبر‎; transliterated: alî ahmadi sa'îdi asbar or Ali Ahmad Sa'id; born 1 January 1930), also known by the pen name Adonis or Adunis (Arabic: أدونيس), is a Syrian poet, essayist, and translator. He has written more than twenty books and volumes of poetry in the Arabic language as well as translated several works from French.Imprisoned in Syria in the mid-1950s as a result of his beliefs, Adunis settled abroad and has made his career largely in Lebanon and France. A perennial contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature, he has been regularly nominated for the award since 1988 and has been described as the greatest living poet of the Arab world.

Personal facts

Adunis
PseudonymAdonis
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1930
Birth nameAli Ahmad Said Esber
Birth place
Al-Qassabin , Latakia , French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon , Syria
Nationality
Demographics of Syria

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