Mahmoud Darwish

The national Palestinian poet, and author (1941–2008)

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Lived 1941–2008, aged 67

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1941–2008
Aged 67

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Updated 2026-05-29

Palestinian poet who penned the Declaration of Independence in 1988 and became the voice of a nation through multilingual work that crossed into English, French, and Hebrew. His verse collected awards across continents.

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Mahmoud Darwish was a Palestinian author and poet. He wrote the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, which formally established the State of Palestine in November 1988, and is widely regarded as the country's national poet. His poetry and other literature, for which he won numerous awards internationally, was published in Arabic, while he also spoke English, French, and Hebrew.

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