Ahmed Shawqi

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.

Ahmed Shawqi
أحمد شوقي

Amīr al-Shu‘arā’
Portrait of Ahmed Shawqi.
Born(1868-10-17)October 17, 1868
Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt
DiedOctober 14, 1932(1932-10-14) (aged 63)
Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
OccupationPoet, playwright
LanguageArabic
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Université Montpellier
Genres
Literary movementArab Neoclassicism
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