Poetry
من أرض بلقيس
Not translated into English
Abdullah al-Baradduni · 1961
Synopsis
The poet's first collection, opened by a poem that has the melody and the string of his song spring from the land of Bilqis, the queen of Sheba. Classical in form, with regular rhymes and a polished language, the poems speak of love for Yemen, personified as a green and seductive woman, nostalgia for the land of the ancestors and attachment to what makes the identity of the country; they open an engaged body of work, turned toward Yemeni realities.
Context
The book appeared in Cairo and opens a body of work of twelve collections published up to the mid-nineties. Critics praise the strength of its craftsmanship and the grandeur of its language, in the classical tradition, without the poet confining himself to the clichés of his predecessors. Nationalism and political criticism dominate his work as a whole, in which mockery sits beside lamentation, and his verses earned him prison under the imamate and after it.
Who it is for
Poems in classical Arabic, rhymed; no French or English translation has been found.
Prizes and reception
He is regarded as the most famous poet of Yemen, the author in all of twelve collections and six other books.
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