Poetry
ديوان حافظ إبراهيم
Not translated into English
Hafez Ibrahim · 1937
Synopsis
A posthumous collection of the poems of the man Egypt called the poet of the Nile. Written in the language of classical poetry, they take the questions of the day as their subject matter: women's rights, poverty, education and the criticism of the British occupation; according to an Algerian university course, politics, instruction and the patriotic spirit. The official edition accompanies them with a scholarly commentary.
Context
During the poet's lifetime, the diwan appeared in three parts, the last in 1911, according to the same Algerian source. The complete edition appeared in Cairo in 1937, five years after his death, published by the Ministry of Public Instruction and annotated by Ahmad Amin, Ahmad al-Zayn and Ibrahim al-Abyari; the catalogue of Imam Mohammad ibn Saud University lists eleven editions. The poet has been paired with Shawqi, his contemporary, with whom he carried neoclassical poetry.
Who it is for
Poems in classical Arabic, with ancient metres and rhymes; no translation into French or English has been found.
Prizes and reception
A work attentive to the concerns of ordinary Egyptians, which earned its author a popular nickname.
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