Salah Abdel Sabour 1931 - 1981
Biography
Salah Abdel-Sabour is a pioneer of modern Arabic poetry, he and other Arab poets laid the foundation of a new school of Arabic poetry. They formulated their own experience in new authentic, creative patterns.
Born in May 1931, Salah Abdel-Sabour showed an interest in literature in his early life. He tended to poetry from his father, who had attempted during his youth to write poetry, and later taught his son rhetoric. Abdel-Sabour started writing verses at the age of 13. As a secondary school student, he showed a noticeable interest in languages, literature and politics. He also took part in demonstrations against British occupation, and in 1949 he was arrested at the age of 18.
Abdel-Sabour obtained a B.A. in Arabic Language from Cairo University in 1951. In his early youth, he tried to find a new significance beyond rhetoric eloquent expression, attending to approach other realms of arts such as music and painting. He co-edited "Al Thaqafa" (Culture) magazine, until January 1953, where he wrote several poems and short stories.
In 1954, Abdel-Sabour had his poem Melancholy published in Al-Adab (Letters) magazine. In 1957, his first collection of poems People in my Country was published, shooting the poet into fame. According to most of his critics, including those in disagreement with him, these poems reached highest peaks never achieved by modern poetry.
Abdel-Sabour's literature was not confined to poetry, but rather extended to poetic drama. Within a period of ten years, he had five poetic plays published. The first was The Tragedy of Al-Hallaj (1965), for which he was granted the State Incentive Award for Theatre in 1966.In addition to poetry and poetic drama, the great poet also practiced critical writing. In literary studies, he tackled many intellectual and art issues in a broad human context. He paid special attention to contemporary Egyptian thought. He also contributed in writing critical essays for Rose El-Youssef and Sabah El-Kheir Magazines and Al-Ahram newspaper. 2
Abdel Sabour was a follower of the free art which viewed art as an expression of unbridled imaginativeness and true, vehement emotions, within a highly romantic context. He believed that genuine poetry could be written only through absolute self-communion; he remained faithful to his own principles all his life until his death on August 14, 1981.
Biography
Salah Abdel-Sabour is a pioneer of modern Arabic poetry, he and other Arab poets laid the foundation of a new school of Arabic poetry. They formulated their own experience in new authentic, creative patterns.
Born in May 1931, Salah Abdel-Sabour showed an interest in literature in his early life. He tended to poetry from his father, who had attempted during his youth to write poetry, and later taught his son rhetoric. Abdel-Sabour started writing verses at the age of 13. As a secondary school student, he showed a noticeable interest in languages, literature and politics. He also took part in demonstrations against British occupation, and in 1949 he was arrested at the age of 18.
Abdel-Sabour obtained a B.A. in Arabic Language from Cairo University in 1951. In his early youth, he tried to find a new significance beyond rhetoric eloquent expression, attending to approach other realms of arts such as music and painting. He co-edited "Al Thaqafa" (Culture) magazine, until January 1953, where he wrote several poems and short stories.
In 1954, Abdel-Sabour had his poem Melancholy published in Al-Adab (Letters) magazine. In 1957, his first collection of poems People in my Country was published, shooting the poet into fame. According to most of his critics, including those in disagreement with him, these poems reached highest peaks never achieved by modern poetry.
Abdel-Sabour's literature was not confined to poetry, but rather extended to poetic drama. Within a period of ten years, he had five poetic plays published. The first was The Tragedy of Al-Hallaj (1965), for which he was granted the State Incentive Award for Theatre in 1966.In addition to poetry and poetic drama, the great poet also practiced critical writing. In literary studies, he tackled many intellectual and art issues in a broad human context. He paid special attention to contemporary Egyptian thought. He also contributed in writing critical essays for Rose El-Youssef and Sabah El-Kheir Magazines and Al-Ahram newspaper. 2
Abdel Sabour was a follower of the free art which viewed art as an expression of unbridled imaginativeness and true, vehement emotions, within a highly romantic context. He believed that genuine poetry could be written only through absolute self-communion; he remained faithful to his own principles all his life until his death on August 14, 1981.
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