Mahmoud Darwish

Doğum 13 Mar 1941 · Al-Birwa, Mandatory Palestine

Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine as a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile.