Ali Mahmoud Taha
‘Ali Maḥmūd Ṭāhā (Arabic: علي محمود طه) (1901–1949) was an Egyptian romantic poet.[1] He has been called several nicknames, such as: The Engineer and The Lost Sailor.[1] The Egyptian literary scholar, 'Abd al-Majid 'Abidin, published an Arabic study discussing 'Ali Mahmud Taha "al-Munhandis" (the Engineer Ali Mahmud Taha) and Iliya Abu Madi in 1967, describing them both as reformist poets (sha'irayn mujaddidayn).[2]
Nevertheless, Taha was not as immersed in romanticism as Ibrahim Nagi and .[1]
Furthermore, Taha's poets were politically-colored, but even provocative and patriotic, despite his death, which was before the 23rd-of-July Revolution.
Early life[]
Taha was born to a family of the middle-class in Mansoura, in Delta, Egypt.[1]
Poems[]
- East and West
- Spirits and Ghosts
- Flower and Wine
- Passion Returned
- Nights of the Lost Sailor
- The Lost Sailor
- Birth of a Poet
- Palestine
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Ali Taha Archived 2009-04-15 at the Wayback Machine at Egyptian State Information Service
- ^ 'Abidin, 'Abd al-Majid (1967). Bayna sha'irayn mujaddidayn: Iliya Abu Madi wa-Ali Mahmud Taha al-Muhandis. Beirut: Dar al-Thaqafah.
External links[]
- Ali Taha on Egyptian State Information Service
- Poems of Ali Taha (Arabic)
Categories:
- Egyptian male poets
- 1901 births
- 1949 deaths
- People from Mansoura, Egypt
- 20th-century Egyptian poets
- 20th-century male writers