WRITER

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 diplomat, poet, writer and publisher. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nizar Qabbani has received more than 735,339 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Nizar Qabbani is the 870th most popular writer (up from 1,223rd in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Syria (up from 54th 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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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.42

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nizar Qabbani ranks 870 out of 7,302. Before him are Frederick Forsyth, Aziz Nesin, Wilkie Collins, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Zeami Motokiyo, and Aubrey Beardsley. After him are Charles Nodier, Philip Pullman, Gaius Lucilius, Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, Bernhard Schlink, and Wilbur Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Nizar Qabbani ranks 35. Before him are Antoni Tàpies, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Arvid Carlsson, Markus Wolf, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, and Anne Baxter. After him are Morris, René Girard, Jorge Semprún, Stjepan Bobek, Philip Warren Anderson, and Alice Miller. Among people deceased in 1998, Nizar Qabbani ranks 21. Before him are Alan Shepard, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Theodore Schultz, Falco, Frederick Reines, and Tameo Ide. After him are Julien Green, Vasily Arkhipov, Otto Kretschmer, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Linda McCartney, and Alfred Schnittke.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Nizar Qabbani ranks 43 out of 210. Before him are Abu'l-Fida (1273), Maron (301), Odaenathus (220), Adunis (1930), Moustapha Akkad (1930), and Heliodorus of Emesa (250). After him are Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1945), Al-Dhahabi (1274), Tutush I (1066), Julia Soaemias (180), Andrew of Crete (660), and Nicolaus of Damascus (-64).

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Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Nizar Qabbani ranks 4. Before him are Al-Maʿarri (973), Adunis (1930), and Heliodorus of Emesa (250). After him are Andrew of Crete (660), Herodian (170), Khaled al-Asaad (1932), Abu Tammam (788), Usama ibn Munqidh (1095), Jurji Zaydan (1861), Cassius Longinus (213), and Alciphron (200).

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