Maroun Abboud ( arab. مارون عبود ; 1886–1962) is a Lebanese Arabic poet, writer, journalist, and literary critic.
| Maroon Abboud | |
|---|---|
 Statue of Maroon Abbud in Byblos, Lebanon | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Ain Kfaa , Ottoman Empire |
| Date of death | or |
| Citizenship (citizenship) | |
| Occupation | novelist, journalist |
| Debut | Widow Marika (1935) |
Biography
Born on February 9, 1886, into a family of Maronite Christians in the village of Ain-Kfaa ( Arabic عين كفاع ) near the city of Jbeil in the Mountainous Lebanon , then owned by the Ottoman Empire . He studied Arabic, Syriac and French in a number of Lebanese schools. The father wanted his son to become a priest, but he did not follow his wishes [1] . In 1900 he enrolled in the school of St. John Maron and during his studies for 4 years he published many poems in the newspaper Ar-Raud .
He graduated from the Law Institute in Beirut . He became a professor of Arabic literature at the University of St.. Joseph.
He died on June 2, 1962 .
Creativity
The first prose work of the story "The Widow of Marik" - published in 1935 . In the historical story "The Red Emir" (1954), contrary to the official historiography depicting Emir Bashir as a great reformer who sought to do away with feudal fragmentation, Abboud shows him a despot [2] . He wrote a number of literary monographs about Arab writers of the past.
Bibliography
- "The widow of Marika" (1935)
- "Pages and Stories" (1945)
- "Dwarf heroes" (1948)
- Out of the Bag (1953)
- "Red Emir" (1954)
- In Russian
- The collection Stories of writers of Lebanon, M., 1958: Stories
- Collection Modern Arabic Prose, M.‒L., 1961: Marik's Widow
- Collection Modern Arabian story, M., 1963: Steps
- Collection In my city it is raining, M., 1966: Sermon of Father Stephen
- Collection Modern Arabic Prose, M.‒L., 1961: Marik's Widow
Notes
Links
- TSB
- Abboud Maroun (ar.)