Muhannad Hassan Al-Shawi (

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

: مهند حسن الشاوي; born 1974), is an Iraqi

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

who belongs to the generation of contemporary poets who emerged after the 2003 war.

Poetry

In his

poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

, he combined originality of form with modernity of style and content. He was one of the poets of the new classical poem that achieved a presence in the Arab poetry scene in the modern era. He was born in

Basra Basra () is a port city in Iraq, southern Iraq. It is the capital of the eponymous Basra Governorate, as well as the List of largest cities of Iraq, third largest city in Iraq overall, behind Baghdad and Mosul. Located near the Iran–Iraq bor ...

, studied in its schools, and graduated from the

University of Basra The University of Basrah ( ''Jāmi'at Al Basrah'') is a public university situated in the city of Basra, Iraq. Founded in 1964 to meet the needs of southern Iraq, the University of Basrah was at first affiliated with the University of Baghdad, b ...

in 1998. He won several literary awards, and several Iraqi satellite channels celebrated him to talk about his poetic experience, and some critics wrote about him, and some of his poems were translated into more than one language.

Published works

* ''Nothing Follows Me But Me'' (Tammuz Press, 2011) * ''This is Iraq, Without a Doubt'' (Aladab Albasri Press, 2020)

References

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