Mahmoud Darwish
March 13, 1941(67 at death)|Died August 9, 2008
Al-Birwa, Mandatory Palestine|Acting
Biography
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.
