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Buland al-Haydari

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Native name
بلند الحيدري
Born(1926-09-26)September 26, 1926
DiedAugust 6, 1996(1996-08-06) (aged 69)
Royal Brompton Hospital, London[1]
OccupationPoet, writer, and critic
LanguageArabic, Kurdish
NationalityIraq

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Buldan Al-Haydari (born on 26 September 1926—died on 6 August 1996) was an Iraqi poet of Kurdish decent.[2][3][4]

Early life and education[edit]

Al-Haydari was born on 26 September 1926 in Baghdad. His first name, Buldan means "towering" in Kurdish.

Career[edit]

Al-Haydari was known for his free verse poems since the 1940s, and was considered one the best free verse poets in the Arab World.[1]Following the fall of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq in 1958, al-Haydari continued his political activism until he compelled to exile in Lebanon (1963-1976), where he earned a living as a bookstore manager, teacher, and journalist. He relocated to in England in early 1980s. In 1992, Dar Suad al-Sabah published his nine books of poetry combined in two volumes.[5][6]

Bibliography[edit]

Poetry[edit]

  • "The Songs of a Dead City" (1951)
  • "Steps in Exile" (1965)

Anthologies[edit]

His poems appeared in Baghdad: The City in Verse (Harvard University Press, 2013), edited by Reuven Snir.[7]

Politics[edit]

Al-Haydari was an opponent to the Saddam Hussein's regime.[1]

Personal life[edit]

He married Dalal al-Mufti.[8]

Death[edit]

Al-haydari died on 6 August 1996 at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, following an unsuccessful heart surgery.[1]


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Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Buland al-Haidari, Iraqi Poet, 70". 9 August 1996.
  2. Al-Jamil, Sayyar (1 October 2010). "الفيليون العراقيون .. معلومات جديدة" [Feyli Kurds...New Data] (in العربية). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  3. https://www.iasj.net/iasj/article/225192
  4. https://aawsat.com/home/article/1239066/%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A-%C2%AB%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%81%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9%C2%BB-%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84-5-%D8%AF%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82
  5. Simawe, Saadi (2003). "Buland al-Haydari, 1926-1996". 91st Meridian. 2 (1). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  6. هذا هو: بلند الحيدري [This is: Buland al-Haydari] (Television production) (in العربية). MBC Group. 1994. Retrieved 26 September 2022 – via YouTube.
  7. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.4159/harvard.9780674726482/html
  8. https://elaph.com/Web/Archive/1001348391410517600.html


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