Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad

Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad was born on 28 November 1911 in Bharsaf, in the Lebanese mountains. He studied law, turned to journalism and in 1933 became managing editor of the daily an-Nahar. He founded the review al-Jadid, and his nationalist writings earned him prison in 1941. Having entered the diplomatic service in 1946, he was first posted to Argentina, where he opened the first Lebanese mission. He died in 1989, killed by a bombardment during the civil war.

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• NovelالرغيفTawfiq Yusuf Awwad · 1939not translated into EnglishLiterature