Mahmoud Darwish

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born

March 13, 1941 in Elgalil, Palestinian Territory, Occupied

died

August 09, 2008

gender

male

website

http://www.mahmouddarwish.com/ui/english/ShowCo...

genre

Poetry

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Mahmoud Darwish (13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a respected Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards for his literary output and was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. In his work, Palestine became a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile.

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Books by Mahmoud Darwish

Average rating: 4.38 · 601 ratings · 73 reviews · 48 distinct works

	Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 by Mahmoud Darwish, Ibrahim Muhawi (Translator) 4.41 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems 4.38 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Butterfly's Burden by Mahmoud Darwish, Fady Joudah (Translator) 4.40 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? by Mahmoud Darwish, Jeffrey Sacks 4.47 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Almond Blossoms and Beyond by Mahmoud Darwish, Mohammad Shaheen (Translator), Mahmoud Darwich 4.46 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Mural by Mahmoud Darwish, John Berger (Translator), Rema Hammami (Translator) 4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Journal of an Ordinary Grief by Mahmoud Darwish, Ibrahim Muhawi (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	If I Were Another: Poems by Mahmoud Darwish, Fady Joudah (Translator) 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	A River Dies of Thirst: journals by Mahmoud Darwish, Catherine Cobham (Translator) 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	In the Presence of Absence by Mahmoud Darwish, Sinan Antoon (Translator) 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011	My rating: