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Egyptian poet
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Ibrahim Nagi
Ibrahim NagiIbrahim Nagi
Born(1898-12-31)December 31, 1898
Cairo, Egypt
DiedMarch 27, 1953(1953-03-27) (aged 54)
Cairo, Egypt
OccupationPoet, Medical Doctor
LanguageArabic
NationalityEgyptian
Literary movementNeo-romanticism, "Apollo Sociaty"

Ibrahim Nagi (Arabic: إبراهیم ناجي) (December 31, 1898 – March 27, 1953) was an Egyptian polymath; a poet, author, translator, and practicing medical doctor. He was among the contributors of Al Siyasa, newspaper of the Liberal Constitutional Party.

Early life

Nagi was also a doctor in internal medicine. Nagi's most famous poem is Al-Atlal or The Ruins which was eventually sung by Egyptian singer Om Kalthoom. He was a co-founder of the Cairo "Apollo Society" for Romantic Poetry. He married Samia Sami and had three daughters: Amira (who had a daughter, Samia Mehrez, and a son, Mohammed), Dawheya (who went to live in America and had a son- Ahmad, and a daughter- Shahira), and Mohassen.

Bibliography

  • Behind the Fog, 1934.
  • In the Temple of the Night, 1948.
  • Cairene Nights, 1951.
  • The Bird Wounded, 1953.

The legacy of Ibrahim Nagi in the literary studies

The poetry of Ibrahim Nagi is an object of studies of several literary critics. Nagi's legacy was noted by Abdul Rahman Ghazi al Gosaibi, Hasan Tawfiq and Saleh Jawdat.

References

  1. Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. (2013). Historical Dictionary of Egypt (4th ed.). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-8108-8025-2.

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