Adonis

Japanese: アドニス(英語表記)Adonis
Adonis
Occupation/Title
poets

nationality
Syria

date of birth
1930

place of birth
Kassabine, Latakia

Real name
'Alī Ahmad Sa'īd Isbir

Education
Graduated from Damascus University, Department of Philosophy (1954)

Awards
Mediterranean Prize Foreigner Category (France) (1995), Struga Poetry Night Golden Crown Prize (Macedonia) (1997), Bjornson Prize (2007), Goethe Prize (Germany) (2011)

Biography
From an early age, he learned the Quran and classical Arabic poetry from his father. After graduating from the Department of Philosophy at Damascus University, he joined the illegal left-wing Syrian Social Nationalist Party and was arrested. After a year in prison, he fled to Beirut, Lebanon in 1956. It was around this time that he began writing poetry, and participated in the launch of the poetry magazine "Shi" in 1957, promoting the Tammuz literary movement in search of new Arab poetry. In 1969, he launched the cultural magazine "Tachiban" and later became editor-in-chief of the literary magazine "Jijyo". In 1980, he left Beirut during the civil war and went into exile in Paris. His main poetry collections include "Songs of Mikhayal of Damascus" (1962), "The Earth Spoke" and "Leaves of the Wind", and his poetry critiques include "The Age of Poetry" (1972). His name is mentioned almost every year as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is a Syrian citizen.

Source: Nichigai Associates "Modern Foreigner Directory 2016" About the Modern Foreigner Directory 2016

Japanese:
職業・肩書
詩人

国籍
シリア

生年月日
1930年

出生地
ラタキア県カッサビーン

本名
アリー・アフマド・サイード・イスビル〈‘Alī Ahmad Sa‘īd Isbir〉

学歴
ダマスカス大学哲学科〔1954年〕卒

受賞
地中海賞外国人部門賞(フランス)〔1995年〕,ストルガ詩の夕べ金冠賞(マケドニア)〔1997年〕,ビョルンソン賞〔2007年〕,ゲーテ賞(ドイツ)〔2011年〕

経歴
幼時より父からコーランと古典アラビア詩を学ぶ。ダマスカス大学哲学科卒業後、非合法だった左派系のシリア社会民族党に入り、逮捕される。1年間の獄中生活を終え、1956年にレバノン・ベイルートに逃れる。この頃から詩作を始め、’57年詩誌「詩」の創刊に参加、新しいアラブ詩を求めてタンムーズ派の文学運動を推進する。’69年文化誌「立場」創刊、のち文芸誌「情況」編集長。’80年内戦下のベイルートを後にし、パリへ亡命。主な詩集に「ダマスカスのミハヤルの歌」(’62年)、「大地は語った」「風の木の葉」などがあり、詩評論に「詩の時代」(’72年)がある。ノーベル文学賞候補として毎年のように名前が挙がっている。シリア国籍を持つ。

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