Badr Shakir al-Sayyab
Badr Shakir as-Sayyab ( Arabic بدر شاكر السياب, DMG Badr Šākir as-Saiyāb ; * 1926 in Jaikur near Basra , Iraq; † December 24, 1964 in Kuwait ) is an Iraqi poet and is considered a pioneer of modern Arabic poetry. His poem is particularly well knownأنشودة المطر / unšūdat al-maṭr / 'rain hymn '.
life and work
Badr Shakir as-Sayyab was born in 1926 in Jaikur near Basra in Iraq. The exact date of birth is unknown. In 1948 he graduated from the Baghdad Teachers' College. Since he joined the Communist Party, which was then banned, he was soon dismissed from civil service. In the following years he kept himself afloat with odd jobs. When he became increasingly interested in nationalist currents from 1958 onwards, as a nationalist he was also exposed to persecution and reprisals. From 1958 onwards he suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , from which he was no longer to recover. He died in great poverty in Kuwait at the age of only 38. TS Eliot and Edith Sitwell had a particular influence on his work . He himself had a great influence on the work of the Arab poet Mahmud Darwish . In his poems he often uses myths such as the fertility gods Tamuz and Ištar . He also intervenes in the poemالمسيح بعد الصلب / al-masīḥ baʿda ṣ-ṣalb / 'Christ after the crucifixion' goes back to Christian motifs.
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- Encyclopaedia of Arabic Literature: KZ By Julie Scott Meisami, Paul Starkey, Published by Taylor & Francis, 1998 ISBN 0-415-18572-6 p 696
- Badr Shakir as-Sayyab - Investigations into the poetic concept in the divans azhar wa-asatir and unshudat al-matar by Leslie Tramontini, Wiesbaden, 1991 ISBN 3-447-03178-6
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sayyab, Badr Shakir as- |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sayyab, Badr Shakir as-; بدر شاكر السياب |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iraqi poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jaikur near Basra |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1964 |
| Place of death | Kuwait |