Abd al-wahhab al-bayati biography sample paper
This document provides biographies of William Butler Yeats and Abdul Wahhab al-Bayati, two poets known for incorporating Sufism into their work.
Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati (Abdul Wahab; also known as Abu Ali) was one of the most important Arabic poets of the twentieth century....
Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati
Iraqi poet (1926–1999)
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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 (December 19, 1926 – August 3, 1999) was an Iraqi Arab poet.
Biography
al-Bayati was born in Baghdad. One of his friends, Ahmed Abdel-Moeti Hegazi, said urban centers of "hotels and institutions, cafés and airports" were actually his temporary residences.[1] He attended Baghdad University, and became a teacher after graduating from Dar Al-Mu'allimin (the Teacher's College) in 1950, the same year that he released his first collection of poems, Mala'ika wa Shayatin (Angels and Devils).
Sufis
Al-Bayati was influenced by the Middle Eastern Sufi figures. One example is a poem by Al-Bayati entitled "A’isha's Mad Lover" in his book, Love Poems on the Seven Gates of the World (1971): "In th