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Nizar Qabbani

1923 - 1998

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Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani (Arabic: نزار توفيق قباني, ALA-LC: Nizār Tawfīq Qabbānī, French: Nizar Kabbani; 21 March 1923 – 30 April 1998) was a Syrian poet. He is considered to be Syria's National Poet. His poetic style combines simplicity and elegance in exploring themes of love, eroticism, religion, and Arab empowerment against foreign imperialism and local dictators. Qabbani is one of the most revered contemporary poets in the Arab world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nizar Qabbani is the 895th most popular writer (down from 869th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Syria (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Syrian Writer.

Nizar Qabbani is most famous for his poems that are about love and longing.

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Among writers, Nizar Qabbani ranks 895 out of 7,302. Before him are Zenodotus, Chevalier d'Éon, Kang Youwei, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Philippe Ariès, and Sven Hassel. After him are Radegund, Jean de La Bruyère, Hans Fallada, Maurice Druon, Neale Donald Walsch, and Dobrica Ćosić.

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Among people born in 1923, Nizar Qabbani ranks 43. Before him are Carroll Shelby, Masao Ono, René Girard, Alice Miller, Dev Anand, and Markus Wolf. After him are Diana Douglas, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Linda Christian, Erland Josephson, Vladimir Gelfand, and Aristides Pereira. Among people deceased in 1998, Nizar Qabbani ranks 30. Before him are Theodore Schultz, George H. Hitchings, Raymond Cattell, Falco, Shoichi Nishimura, and Kenichi Fukui. After him are Julien Green, Helen Wills, Kunitaka Sueoka, Alfred Schnittke, Stokely Carmichael, and Otto Kretschmer.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Nizar Qabbani ranks 51 out of 210. Before him are Duqaq (1100), Mariam al-Asturlabi (950), Abu'l-Fida (1273), Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1945), Julia Avita Mamaea (180), and Al-Dhahabi (1274). After him are Ahmad al-Khatib (1933), Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (1882), Adunis (1930), Damascius (480), Maron (301), and Moustapha Akkad (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Nizar Qabbani ranks 4. Before him are Khaled al-Asaad (1932), Al-Maʿarri (973), and Heliodorus of Emesa (250). After him are Adunis (1930), Andrew of Crete (660), Herodian (170), Abu Tammam (788), Cassius Longinus (213), Usama ibn Munqidh (1095), Jurji Zaydan (1861), and Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389).

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