Maxamed Ibraahin Warsame "Hadraawi"

Maxamed Ibraahin Warsame was born in 1943 in Togdheer; Somalis call him Hadraawi, the master of the word. His first poems, broadcast on the radio and sung by great performers, became increasingly critical, and the Siad Barre regime imprisoned him for five years from 1973. After his release, he joined the Somali National Movement in Ethiopia, lived in London from 1993 to 2001, then taught at the University of Burao. He received the Prince Claus Award in 2012 and died in Hargeisa on 18 August 2022.

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• PoetrySiinleyMaxamed Ibraahin Warsame "Hadraawi" · 1973not translated into EnglishLiterature