Ahmad Shawqi

Ahmad Shawqi was born in Cairo in 1868 into a family linked to the court of the khedive, of Kurdish, Circassian, Greek, Arab and Turkish descent. He studied law in France, at Montpellier and then in Paris. On his return, in 1894, he joined the cabinet of the khedive Abbas Hilmi and became the foremost literary figure of the country. Exiled to Spain from 1914, he returned in 1920 (in 1919 according to Britannica). His peers proclaimed him prince of poets in 1927. He died in Cairo in 1932.

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• Theatreمصرع كليوباتراAhmad Shawqi · 1927not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain