Mahmoud Darwish Writer

Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic: محمود درويش‎, 13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards for his literary output and was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. In his work, Palestine became 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".

Personal facts

Birth date	March 13, 1941
Birth place	Mandatory Palestine , Al-Birwa
Nationality	Palestinian people
Date of death	August 09, 2008
Place of death	Houston , Texas , United States