Hasan Tawfiq, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hasan Tawfiq

Egyptian writer

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1943

Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Date of Death: 30-Jun-2014

Profession: poet, journalist, literary critic

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Hasan Tawfiq (Arabic: ??? ??????, ALA-LC: ?asan Tawfiq; 31 August 1943 – 30 June 2014) was an Egyptian poet, literary critic and journalist.
He belongs to the third wave of the Arabic and Egyptian literary movement known as "The New Poetry." A major part of Tawfiq's poems consist of free verses.
Tawfiq was known in the Arab world as a journalist and in Egypt he worked for some time as editor-in-chief of the Ar-Raya journal.
Tawfiq wrote articles for the "Culture" section of the Qatar-based Ash-Sharq journal.
The literary alias of Tawfiq is "Magnoon al-Arab." It derives from a Middle Eastern tragic love story, Majnun and Layla.