Mahmoud Darwish
13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008
Mahmoud Darwish was a Palestinian poet and author regarded as the national poet of Palestine. His work often addressed exile, loss, and Palestinian identity, and he published more than thirty volumes of poetry. He received numerous international awards over his career.
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Life events
He was born in the village of al-Birwa in the Galilee, later depopulated in 1948.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDuring the 1948 war his family fled and his home village was destroyed.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis first collection, Wingless Birds, appeared when he was a young man.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe poem Bitaqat huwiyya became an iconic expression of Palestinian identity.
He departed to study and work abroad, living in Moscow, Cairo, Beirut, and Paris.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe wrote the 1988 Palestinian Declaration of Independence proclaimed in Algiers.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe settled in Ramallah in the West Bank after years of exile.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died following complications from heart surgery in the United States.
Source: en.wikipedia.org