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أسباب قديمة

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105 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1982

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Ghassan Zaqtan

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Ghassan Zaqtan (Arabic غسان زقطان) is a Palestinian poet, author of ten collections of poetry. He is also a novelist, editor. He was born in Beit Jala, near Bethlehem, and has lived in Jordan, Beirut, Damascus, and Tunis.

His book Like a Straw Bird it Follows me translated by Fady Joudah was awarded the Griffin Poetry Prize , 2013. His name appeared twice among the short-listed award winners of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in the years of 2014, 2016 / University of Oklahoma, perceived as the American Nobel Prize. In recognition of his achievement and contribution to Arabic and Palestinian literature, Ghassan Zaqtan was awarded the National Medal of Honor by the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in June 2013. His name appeared for the first time in the fall of 2013 among the speculation list for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Ghassan Zaqtan’s work has been translated to English, French, Italian, Norwegian, German and other languages.

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July 1, 2017
أسباب قديمة

كلمات مبعثرة جمعت لتكون شعراً ، لم اجد وزناً او قافية ولا حتى نصاً أدبيا ً يعول عليه .
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October 17, 2017
نجمة للديوان ككل، ونجمة للقصيدة اﻷخيرة فيه(الحافلة الوحيدة بين الرصيفة وعمان) فيها تصوير قصصي يحمل أسلوب و حميمية الشعر اﻷميركي
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