Khalil Mardam Bey (Mardam Bek; Arabic. خليل مردم بك ) ( 1895 , Damascus - July 23, 1959 , Damascus ) - Syrian statesman, poet , literary critic . [6] The author of the words of the anthem of the Syrian Arab Republic ( “Humat al-Diyar” ).
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Biography
Born in an aristocratic family .
In 1929 he graduated from the University of London .
In 1948 he was appointed Minister of Education, in 1953 - Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Since 1948 - a member of the Arabic Language Academy in Cairo , since 1949 - the Iraqi Academy of Sciences, since 1958 - a foreign member of the USSR Academy of Sciences [7] . In 1953 he was elected President of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Damascus .
He made a great contribution to the development of Syrian literary criticism. In 1921 he became one of the founders of the literary society Ar-Rabita al-adabiyya (Literary League), in 1929 - the magazine of the same name in Damascus, and also in 1933 - the literary magazine As-Sakafa (Culture) )
Author of the monographs “Poets of Syria” (in 3 volumes, 1954 ), “History of Arabic Literature” (in 5 volumes, 1955 ). He published a collection of poems by medieval Arab poets Ibn Khayyus, Ibn Unayn, Ali ibn al-Jahma al-Sami and others with comments.
Own collection of poems was published in 1960 .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 119247046 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
- ↑ LIBRIS
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2018.
- ↑ Information system “Archives of the Russian Academy of Sciences”
- ↑ Khalil Mardam Bay on the official website of the RAS
Literature
- Brockelmann C. Geschichte der arabischen Literatur. - Bd 3. - Leiden, 1939. - S. 356-357.
- 3acial Muhasini. Khalil Mardam Bey // Al-Majalla. - 1959, October. - S. 24-26 (in Arabic).
- Muhammad Tadjuddin al-Khalid. Khalil Mardam Bey - der Dichter und sein Diwan. - Köln, 1973.
Links
- Khalil Mardam-bek // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.