# Abu Nuwas

> His wine songs and homoerotic verse made him the shock poet of the early Abbasid court — and later, a trickster figure slipping through the pages of the Arabian Nights.

*8th-century classical Arabic poet*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/abu-nuwas

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 756
- **Died:** 814
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 756 to mixed Arab and Persian parents, he studied in Basra and al-Kufah under poets Waliba ibn al-Hubab and Khalaf al-Ahmar, alongside Qur'an, Hadith, and grammar. He rose to favor at the courts of caliphs Harun ar-Rashid and al-Amin, where his Diwan — a collected volume exploring religion, pleasure, and homoeroticism — marked him as the foremost voice of the muhdath, the modern poetry breaking from classical forms. He died around 814, but the legend outran the man: he reappeared as a folkloric character in One Thousand and One Nights, his name now shorthand for wit and transgression.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 81.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 21.9 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 43.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #53

## Topics
#Writers, #Writer / Author, #Poetry, #Literature, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Nuwas)
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- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Abu%20Nuwas)
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- [Abu Nuwas](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Nuwas)
- [أبو نواس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [ابو نواس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [Abu Nuwas](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Nuwas)
- [আবু নুৱাছ](https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9B)
- [Абу Нувас](https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%83_%D0%9D%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81)
- [ابونواس](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [Əbu Nuvas](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fbu_Nuvas)
- [Abu Nuwas](https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Nuwas)
- [Abū Nuvasos](https://bat_smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab%C5%AB_Nuvasos)
- [Абу Нувас](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%83_%D0%9D%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81)
- [Абу Нувас](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%83_%D0%9D%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81)
- [Абу Нувас](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%83_%D0%9D%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81)
- [Abu Nawas](https://bew.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Nawas)
- [Абу Нувас](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%83_%D0%9D%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81)
- [Abu Nuwas](https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Nuwas)
- [Abu Nawas](https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Nawas)
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