Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi

Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi was born on 24 February 1909 in Tozeur, in southern Tunisia, the son of a religious judge whom he followed to the various regions of the country. He studied at the Zitouna in Tunis and published his first poems in the Tunisian press and in the Egyptian review Apollo, through which he first became known. He also wrote an essay on poetic imagination among the Arabs, which drew sharp criticism. He died in Tunis in October 1934, aged twenty-five, and was buried in Tozeur.

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• Poetryأغاني الحياةAbu al-Qasim al-Shabbi · 1955not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain