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Ahmed Shawqi
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This article is about the poet. For other individuals with similar names, see Ahmed Shawki.
Ahmed Shawqi (Arabic: أحمد شوقي, ALA-LC: Aḥmad Shawqī, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈʔæħmæd ˈʃæwʔi]; 1868–1932), nicknamed the Prince of Poets (Arabic: أمير الشعراء Amīr al-Shu‘arā’), was an Egyptian poet laureate, Linguist, and one of the most famous Arabic literary writers of the modern era in the Arab World.[1]
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Born | (1868-10-17)October 17, 1868 Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt |
Died | October 14, 1932(1932-10-14) (aged 63) Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt |
Occupation | Poet, playwright |
Language | Arabic |
Alma mater | University of Paris Université Montpellier |
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Literary movement | Arab Neoclassicism |
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