Abdul Aziz Al-Maqaleh (

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:; 1937 – 28 November 2022) was a

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i poet and writer. He followed the school of free poetry and he was the Yemen's first poet to win the Al-Owais cultural Award.

Life and career

Al-Maqaleh was born in 1937 in the village of Maqaleh in the governorate of

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and studied and finished his BA in 1970. In 1977, he received his master's degree and PhD from Ain Shams University in

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, Egypt. From 1982 to 2001, Al-Maqaleh worked as the President of Sana'a University, and then as the Head of the Center for Studies and Research Yemen, Sanaa. Al-Maqaleh died in Sana'a on 28 November 2022, at the age of 85.

Works

Selected Poetry

* There Must be Sanaa, 1971 * Marib Speaks (in conjunction with Ambassador Abdu Othman), 1972 * A Letter to Saif bin Dhi Yazan, 1973 * Yemeni Footnotes On the Alienation of Ibn Zreik al-Baghdadi,1974 * The Return of Waddah Yemen,1976 * Writing with the Rebellious Sword of Ali bin al-Fadl, 1978 * Exiting from the Sulaymaniyah Circles of Time, 1981 * Papers of a Body Returning from Death, 1986 * Alphabet of the Soul, 1998 * A Book of Sanaa, 1999 * A Book of the Village * A Book of the Village, 2002 * A Book of Bilqis and Poems to the Waters of Grief, 2004 * A Book of Cities Literary and Intellectual Studies (translated), 2005

Selected literature studies and critics

* A Reading in Contemporary Yemeni Literature, 1977 * Colloquial Poetry in Yemen, 1978 * Poets from Yemen * Yemeni Diaries in Literature and Art * Al-Zubairy: The Inner National and Cultural Voice of Yemen, 1980 * Inscriptions of Marib, * Substantive and Technical Dimensions of Contemporary Poetry Movement in Yemen * Voices from the New Era * A Reading Zaidi and Nonconformists Thought * The Crisis of the Arabic Poem * Priorities of literary criticism in Yemen * Theatre Beginnings in Yemen

Awards

* Lotus Award, 1986 *Order of Arts and Letters, Aden, 1980 *Order of Arts and Letters,

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, 1982 * Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture, in collaboration with

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, 2002 * Knight Award of the first degree in literature and arts from the French Government, 2003 * Arab Culture Award, Arab Organization for Education, Culture and Science, 2004

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