Shawqi Daif, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Shawqi Daif

Egyptian writer

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1910

Date of Death: 13-Mar-2002

Profession: writer, literary

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Shawqi Daif

  • Ahmad Shawqi Daif (Arabic: ???? ???? ????; January 13, 1910 – March 13, 2005) was an Arabic literary critic and historian.
  • He is considered one of the most influential Arab intellectuals in the 20th century.Daif was born in the village of Um Hamam in northern Egypt in 1910.
  • He earned his BA and PhD from Fuad al-Awal University, which would later be known as Cairo University.
  • He was later a professor of Arabic literature at his alma mater for several decades.
  • He was a member of the Egyptian Academy of Sciences and was president of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo for a few years.

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