Ismail Adham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ismail Adham

Egyptian writer (1911-1940)

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1911

Place of Birth: Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

Date of Death: 23-Jul-1940

Profession: writer

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Ismail Adham

  • Isma'il Ahmad Adham (Arabic: ??????? ???? ????? IPA: [esmæ'?i?l 'æhmæd '?ædhæm] Isma'il A?mad Adham; 1911–1940) was an Egyptian writer and literary critic who was born in Turkey and lived in Alexandria.
  • He claimed to have been educated in Russia and to have received his PhD in Mathematics from the University of Moscow in 1931.
  • Adham wrote reviews of the poetry of Egypt's most celebrated writers of the era, such as Khalil Mutran, and worked as an editor for the poet and publisher Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi.
  • He was one of the few writers of Egypt's old regime to openly declare his atheism, which he attempted to promote through his infamous manifesto Why am I an Atheist? (Arabic: ????? ??? ?????? Lima?a ?ana Mul?id).
  • This essay provoked heated responses from theist writers of the period, putting Adham in the limelight.Adham apparently suffered from depression, and fed his melancholy by reading Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard.
  • Adham drowned at the age of 29 in the Mediterranean Sea in July 1940 (a possible suicide).
  • His cadaver was found floating, a suicide note addressed to the police in his pocket.
  • In the note, Adham explained that he committed suicide because he hated life, and he asked that his body be cremated instead of buried.

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