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Ahmed Shawqi أحمد شوقي Amīr al-Shu‘arā’ | |
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 Portrait of Ahmed Shawqi. | |
| Born | October 17, 1868 Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt |
| Died | October 14, 1932 (aged 63) Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Occupation | Poet, playwright |
| Language | Arabic |
| Alma mater | University of Paris Université Montpellier |
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| Literary movement | Arab Neoclassicism |
Ahmed Shawqi (Arabic: أحمد شوقي, ALA-LC: Aḥmad Shawqī, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈʔæħmæd ˈʃæwʔi]; 1868–1932), nicknamed the Prince of Poets (Arabic: أمير الشعراء Amīr al-Shu‘arā’), was an Egyptian poet laureate, Linguist, and one of the most famous Arabic literary writers of the modern era in the Arab World.[1]
- ^ "Aḥmad Shawqī | Egyptian poet". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2 May 2021.