Ahmed Shawqi (1868 - 1932) (أحمد شوقي) was an Egyptian poet and dramatist who pioneered the modern Egyptian literary movement, most notably introducing the genre of poetic epics to the Arabic literary tradition. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Egyptian literature traces its beginnings to Ancient Egypt and therefore is some of the earliest known literature Shawqi also produced distinctive poetry that is widely considered to be the most prominent of the 20th century in Egypt.
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Life
Awesome man , pure awesomosity just plain awesome withe awesome poems and other awesome stuff Raised in a privileged setting, his family was prominent and well-connected with the court of the Khedive of Egypt. For the HMS Khedive, see ''USS'' Cordova. Khedive (from Persian for "lord" was a title first This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Upon graduating from high school, he attended law school, obtaining a degree in translation. Translation is the interpreting of the meaning of a text and the subsequent production of an equivalent text likewise called a " translation Shawqi was then offered a job in the court of the Khedive Abbas II, which he immediately accepted. Abbas II (also known as Abbas Hilmi Pasha) (عباس حلمي باشا ( July 14, 1874, Alexandria &ndash 19 December
After a year working in the court of the Khedive, Shawqi was sent to continue his studies in Law at the Universities of Montpellier and Paris for three years. The University of Montpellier (Université Montpellier was a French University in Montpellier in the Languedoc-Roussillon région The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris first appeared in the second half of the 13th century While in France, he was heavily influenced by the works of French playwrights, most notably Molière and Racine. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known by his Stage name, Molière, ( January 15, 1622 – February 17 1673) was a French Jean Racine ( ( December 22, 1639 &ndash April 21, 1699) was a French Dramatist, one of the "big three" of
He returned to Egypt in 1894, and remained a prominent member of Arab literary culture until the British forced him into exile in southern Spain, Andalusia, in 1914. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Andalusia (Andalucía is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the most populous and the second largest in terms of land area Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Shawqi remained there until 1920, when he returned to Egypt. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar In 1927 he was crowned by his peers Amir al- Sho’araa’ (literally: the Prince of Poets) in recognition of his considerable contributions to the literary field. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Works
Shawqi’s work can be categorized into three main periods during his career:
- The first coincides with the period during which he occupied a position at the court of the Khedive, consisting of eulogies to the Khedive: praising him or supporting his policy.
- The second comprised the period of his exile in Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. During this period, his feeling of nostalgia and sense of alienation directed his poetic talent to patriotic poems on Egypt as well as the Arab world.
- The third stage occurred after his return from exile: during that period he became preoccupied with the glorious history of Ancient Egypt and Islam. Ancient Egypt was an Ancient Civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. This was the period during which he wrote his religious poems, in praise of the Prophet Muhammad. IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics The maturation of his poetic style was also reflected in his plays, the most notable of which were published during this period.
- Plays
Shawqi was the first in Arabic literature to write poetic plays. Arabic literature ( Arabic: الأدب العربي Al-Adab Al-Arabi) is the writing produced both Prose and Poetry, by speakers He wrote five tragedies:
- Magnun Laila (literally "The Madman of Layla"), his first play. For the film see Leyli o Majnun (1936 film. Layla and Majnun, also known as The Madman of Layla - in Arabic
- The Death of Cleopatra, his most famous play.
- 'Antara
- Ali bek el-Kabeer
- Qambeez
- and two comedies:
- Es-Set Huda (literally: Madam Huda)
- El-Bakhila (literally: the Miser)
- in addition to a prose play: the Princess of Andalusia. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and
- Poetry
- Esh-Shawqiyyat, his selected works, in four volumes, including Nahj al-Burda, a tribute to the Prophet Muhammad
- A long poem about the History of Islam, named The States of Arabs and the Great Men of Islam. IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics Muslim history began in Arabia with the Muhammad 's first recitations of the Qur'an in the 7th century
- Prose
Shawqi wrote several ill-written novels. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story A few survived. He also wrote chapters of prose, as he called them, about several and unrelated subjects, and collected them under the title: the Markets of Gold.
References
- Glimpses of Ahmed Shawqi’s Life and Works, Egypt Magazine, Issue No. 19-Fall 1999.
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