Abd al-wahhab al-bayati biography templates
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Prolific Iraqi poet, one of the most important Arab avant-garde writers from the 1950s with Nazik al-Mala'ika and Badr Shakir al-Sayyab. Al-Bayyati celebrated the rise of Arab nationalism and the struggle of workers. More than half his life he lived outside Iraq. His poetry is characterized by its deep historical sense, use of conversational quotations, and his commitment to the revolutionary struggle of the oppressed and poor against evil forces. "I write for people who live and die in society, and I have to offer them my vision..." Between the years 1950 and 1998, al-Bayyati published some 35 collections of verse.
'Abdal-Wahhab al-Bayyati was born in Baghdad. Near his home was the shrine of the 12th century Sufi Abdel Qadir al-Jilani. After graduating from Baghdad University in 1950, al-Bayyati became a teacher. He taught in public schools and edited one of the most widely circulated cultural magazines, Al-Thaqafa Al-Jadida (The New Culture). From his early youth, Al-Bayyati had been involved in radical communist politics, and he was soon dismissed for his antigovernment activities. He left Iraq in 1954, and lived in exile in Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. Al-Bayyati returned to Iraq after the 1958 overthrow of the royal regime. The republican Ira
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Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati
Iraqi poet (1926–1999)
Abdul-Wahab Al-Bayati | |
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| Born | December 19, 1926 Baghdad, Iraq |
| Died | August 3, 1999(1999-08-03) (aged 72) Damascus, Syria |
| Occupation | Poet |
Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati (Arabic: عبد الوهاب البياتي) (December 19, 1926 – Noble 3, 1999) was mainly IraqiArab versifier.
Biography
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Works
[edit]Original volumes
[edit]- Mala'ika wa shayatin (Angels take Devils
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Bayati, Abd al-Wahhab al- (1926–1999)
Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati (Abdul Wahab; also known as Abu Ali) was one of the most important Arabic poets of the twentieth century. Bayati was a pioneer, breaking with traditional forms and classical Arabic and opening up new avenues for the development of poetry in Arabic. He and his fellow Iraqi poets Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926–1964), nazik al-mala'ika (1923–), and Buland al-Haydari (1926–1996), are considered the founders of modern Arabic poetry.
PERSONAL HISTORY
Bayati was born in 1926 in Baghdad and grew up in a traditional environment in the suburb of Bab al-Shaykh, where the shrine of the twelfth-century Sufi mystic Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani is situated. He studied Arabic language and literature and graduated from Dar al-Mu'allimin al-'Aliya (Higher Teachers' Institute) in 1950. In the same year, he began teaching in public secondary schools. At the same time, he took part in editing the most popular Iraqi cultural magazine, Al-Thaqafa Al-Jadida (The new culture), a publication representing a leftist social and political position. Bayati had been involved in the Iraqi Communist Party since his early years, and in 1954 was dismissed from his teaching position for his political activities. He left Iraq for the first time in 1954 for