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Adunis

Syrian poet, writer and translator · Lebanon · On the map · Writers · Born 1930 · age 96

Ali Ahmad Said Esber, also known by the pen name Adonis or Adunis, is a Syrian poet, essayist and translator.

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2021Order of MeritAward2017PEN/Nabokov AwardAward2016Prince Pierre AwardAward2015Erich-Maria-Remarque Peace PrizeAward2013Flaiano PrizeAward2012Honorary Doctor of the University of Rennes 2Award2008Grinzane Cavour PrizeAwardMax Jacob PrizeAward2003America Award in LiteratureAwardMondello PrizeAward2001Goethe MedalAward1999International Nonino PrizeAward1997Commandeur des Arts et des LettresAward1995International Nazim Hikmet Poetry AwardAward1930Born1 January 1930

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Order of Merit2021
PEN/Nabokov Award2017
Stig Dagerman Prize2016
Prince Pierre Award2016
Erich-Maria-Remarque Peace Prize2015
Janus Pannonius International Poetry Prize2014
Flaiano Prize2013
Honorary Doctor of the University of Rennes 22012
Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt2011
Max Jacob Prize2008
Grinzane Cavour Prize2008
Bjørnson Prize2007
America Award in Literature2003
Mondello Prize2003
Al Owais Award2002
Goethe Medal2001
International Nonino Prize1999
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres1997
Golden Wreath1997
International Nazim Hikmet Poetry Award1995

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Maya Jaggi, writing for The Guardian stated "He led a modernist revolution in the second half of the 20th century, "exerting a seismic influence" on Arabic poetry comparable to T.S. Eliot's in the anglophone world."

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Lebanon
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Born 1930 · age 96

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The same award as Adunis

Yusuf al-QaradawiBoth received Al Owais AwardPhilip RothBoth received PEN/Nabokov AwardMahmoud DarwishBoth received International Nazim Hikmet Poetry AwardLyudmila UlitskayaBoth received Erich-Maria-Remarque Peace PrizeYves BonnefoyBoth received Janus Pannonius International Poetry PrizeLaura MancinelliBoth received Mondello Prize