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Palestinian poet

عبد الكريم الكرمي Abdul-Karim al-Karmi
Abu Salma
Native name	عبد الكريم سعيد علي منصور الكرمي
Born	Abdul-Karim Sa'id Ali Mansour al-Karmi 1909 Tulkarm, Ottoman Empire
Died	11 October 1980(1980-10-11) (aged 70–71) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Poet Writer Politician
Language	Arabic English
Nationality	Palestinian
Citizenship	Palestinian
Genre	Poetry
Subject	Poetry
Years active	1927–1980
Notable awards	Lotus International Reward for Literature (1978) Order of Palestinian revolution (1980) Order of Jerusalem for Culture, Arts and Literature (1990) Order of Palestine for Culture, Science and Arts (2015)
Relatives	Mahmoud Al-Karmi (brother) Hasan Karmi (brother) Abdul-Ghani Al-Karmi (brother) Ahmad Shakir al-Karmi [ar] (brother) Sa'id Ali al-Karmi [ar] (father)

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Arabic: عبد الكريم الكرمي), (1909–11 October 1980), known as Abu Salma (أبو سلمى), was a famous Palestinian poet and one of the Arab poets, was born in Tulkarm, and was a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He was the recipient of several awards and the chairman of the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Journalists until his death.

Biography

Abu Salma was born in 1909 in Tulkarm. He studied law and worked in Haifa in Mandatory Palestine until April 1948. He then moved briefly to Acre and then to Damascus. He also worked briefly for Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS). Abd al-Karim al-Karmi is the brother of Hasan Karmi, Mahmoud Al-Karmi and Abdul-Ghani Al-Karmi.

Works

Poetry

The Exile, 1953.
Songs of My Country, 1959.
Children's Songs, 1964.
My Brush Is from Palestine, 1971.
Collected Works, 1978.

Prose

The Struggle of the Arabs of Palestine, 1964.
The Works of Ahmad Shakir al-Karmi: Literary, Critical and Fictional, 1964.
Shaykh Sa‘id al-Karmi, 1973.

Death

He died of sepsis on 11 October 1980 in George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Awards and honors

1978: Lotus International Reward for Literature, by The Association of Asian and African Writers, it was given by the president of Angola Agostinho Neto for him.
1980: Order of Palestinian revolution, by the president of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat.
1990: Order of Jerusalem for Culture, Arts and Literature, by the president of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat.
2015: Order of Palestine for Culture, Science and Arts, by the president of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas.

References

"Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (1909-1980)". Institute for Palestine Studies. 11 October 2021. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ "Abdul Karim Karmi, 73, Dies: Palestinian Poet, Lived in Md". The Washington Post. 13 October 1980. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ "Abd al-Karim al-Karmi". palestinian journeys. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
"Abdul kareem Al Karmi". all4palestine. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
"The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948". Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question – palquest. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
"Al-KARMI, ABDUL KARIM (ABU SALMA)". Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
عبد الكريم الكرمي. Palestine News Agency (Wafa) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
المرسوم الرئاسي بمنح الشاعر الراحل عبد الكريم الكرمي (أبوسلمى) وسام الثقافة والعلوم والفنون بمستوى الإبداع. palestineremembered (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
عائلة الكرمي تقدم الشكر للرئيس محمود عباس على تكريم الشاعر أبو سلمى. alwatanvoice (in Arabic). 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

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