Salah Abdel Sabour, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Salah Abdel Sabour

poet

Date of Birth: 03-May-1931

Place of Birth: Zagazig, Al Sharqia Governorate, Egypt

Date of Death: 14-Aug-1981

Profession: novel, writer, poet, playwright, translator

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Salah Abdel Sabour

  • Salah Abdel Sabour (Arabic: ???? ??? ???????), (May 1931 – 14 August 1981) was an Egyptian free verse poet, editor, playwright and essayist.
  • He showed an interest in literature in his early life and started to write verses at the age of 13.
  • Salah graduate from Cairo University in 1951 with a degree in Arabic literature. Soon after graduation from the university, he took up teaching Arabic at state high school, a job he did not enjoy doing.
  • He eventually abandoned it and began working for Rose al-Yusuf Magazine as journalist then became the literary editor for al-Ahram.
  • Afterwards, he held the position of undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture.
  • From there, he became the editor-in-chief for the Cinema and Theater magazine.
  • Between 1977 and 1978, he served as a press counselor for the Egyptian embassy in India and then headed the General Egyptian Book Organization until his death. His first collection of poems, an-Nas fi Biladi ("People In My Land") published in 1956, marked the beginnings of the free verse movement in Egyptian poetry.

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