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An Iraqi modernist poet

Nazik Al-Malaika
Born	نازك الملائكة ()August 23, Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq (present-day Iraq)
Died	June 20, () (aged&#;83) Cairo, Egypt
Language	Arabic
Nationality	Iraqi
Subject	Poetry

Nazik al-Malaika (Arabic: نازك الملائكة; 23 August – 20 June ^[1]) was an Iraqi poet.

Nazek al malaika biography of albert Nazik al-Malaika (Arabic: نازك الملائكة; 23 August – 20 June [1]) was an Iraqi poet. Al-Malaika is noted for being among the first Arabic poets to use free verse. [ 2 ].

Al-Malaika is noted for being among the first Arabic poets to use free verse.^[2]

Early life and career

Al-Malaika was born in Baghdad to a cultured family.^[3] Her mother Salma al-Malaika was also a poet, and her father was a teacher. She wrote her first poem at the age of ^[2] During her life, she studied English and French literature, Latin, and Greek poetry.^[4] Al-Malaika graduated in from the College of Arts in Baghdad and later completed a master's degree in comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a Degree of Excellence.^[5] She entered the Institute of Fine Arts and graduated from the Department of Music in In she earned a Master of Arts in Comparative Literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the United States, and she was appointed professor at the University of Baghdad, the University of Basrah, and Kuwait University.

Career

Al-Malaika taught at a number of schools and universities, most notably at the University of Mosul.

Leaving Iraq

Al-Malaika left Iraq in with her husband Abdel Hadi Mahbooba and family, following the rise of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Iraq to power.

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Nazik al-Malaika (Arabic: نازك الملائكة; 23 August – 20 June [1]) was an Iraqi poet. Al-Malaika is noted for being among the first Arabic poets to use free verse. [2].

She lived in Kuwait until Saddam Hussein's invasion in Al-Malaika and her family left for Cairo, where she lived for the rest of her life. Towards the end of her life, al-Malaika suffered from a number of health issues, including Parkinson's disease.^[2]

She died in Cairo in at the age of ^[1]

Works

• "The Nights Lover" (عاشقة الليل), her first book of poetry, after her graduation;
• "The Cholera" (الكوليرا) () is considered by critics as a revolution in modern Arabic poetry;
• "Shrapnel and Ashes" (شظايا ورماد) ();
• "Bottom of the Wave" (قرارة الموجة) ();
• "Tree of the Moon" (شجرة القمر) ();
• "The sea changes its color" ("يغير ألوانه البحر")()^[6]

Influence on other artists

One of her poems, Medinat al Hub, inspired the Iraqi artist and scholar, Issam al-Said to produce an artwork with the same name.^[7]

One of her poems, New Year, inspired the Lebanese Palestinian artist Jassem el Hindi to produce his performance Laundry of Legends.

Translation in other languages

English

Emily Drumsta translated a selection of Al-Malaika's poems into English, collected in a book titled Revolt Under The Sun.^[8]

Nepali

Some of Al-Malaika's poems were translated into Nepali by Suman Pokhrel, and collected along with the works of other poets in an anthology titled Manpareka Kehi Kavita.^{[9][10][11][12]}

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