Khalil Mardam

Khalil Mardam Bek was born in Damascus on 1 July 1895 and trained under the scholars of the city. In 1921 he founded the Literary League of Damascus, and in 1925 he entered the Arab Academy. Pursued by the French authorities for a poem written during the revolt, he took refuge in Lebanon, passed through Alexandria and studied at the University of London. Back in 1929, he taught, composed the words of the Syrian national anthem at the end of 1935, became minister of Public Instruction and then minister plenipotentiary in Baghdad, presided over the Academy from 1953 and died in Damascus on 21 July 1959.

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• Essayأئمة الأدبKhalil Mardam · 1930not translated into EnglishLiterature