Yusuf al-Khal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yusuf al-Khal

poet

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1917

Place of Birth: Al-Kafrun, Tartus Governorate, Syria

Date of Death: 09-Mar-1987

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Lebanon, Syria

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Yusuf al-Khal (Arabic: ???? ??????; December 25, 1917 – March 9, 1987) was a Lebanese poet of Syrian descent.
He made his career largely in Lebanon.
He was Greek Orthodox. He married the Syrian artist Maha Bayrakdar in 1970.
Maha was a well-known painter in Damascus and she worked for several years in Lebanese media.
They had two children Yusuf and Ward, who later became popular TV stars in Lebanon. With Ali Ahmad Said (a.k.a.
Adonis), al-Khal founded the magazine Shi'r ("Poetry") in Beirut in 1957.
His poetry has also been recognized in Near East poetry collections.
(Nye, 76) al-Khal married Helen Khal whom they together had Tarek and Jawad.
In 1970, he married Maha Bayrakdar and had Ward and Yusuf.