Qustaki al-Himsi was a Syrian writer and poet of the Nahda movement, a prominent figure in the Arabic literature of the 19th and 20th centuries and one of the first reformers of the traditional Arabic poetry.
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Qustaki al-Himsi was a Syrian writer and poet of the Nahda movement, a prominent figure in the Arabic literature of the 19th and 20th centuries and one of the first reformers of the traditional Arabic poetry. With his book The researcher's source in the science of criticism, al-Himsi is considered to be the founder of modern literary criticism among the Arab scholars.
Country
TurkeyCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1858 to 1941 · aged 83
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7 languages
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