Ilyās Farhāt

Ilyās Farhāt (1893- 1976) was a Lebanese poet who lived and wrote in Latin America.[1]

Ilyās Farhāt was born to a poor family in Kafarshima, Ottoman Empire in 1893. Though he hardly completed elementary education and went to work at an early age,[2] he started writing folk poetry in colloquial Lebanese Arabic.[1] In 1910, he emigrated to join his brothers in Brazil, where he tried to earn a living as a travelling salesman.[2] He subsequently wrote formal poetry, gaining recognition for his first collection in 1925.[1]

Works
  • Rubā'iyyāat Farhāt [The Farhāt Quartets], Brazil, 1925
  • Dīwān Farhāt [Farhāt's Dīwān], Brazil, 1932. Introduction by George Hassūn Ma'lūf
  • Ahlām al-rā 'ī [The Shepherd's Dream], São Paulo: Majallat al-Sharq, 1952
  • Diwān Farhāt [collected poems], 4 vols., São Paulo, 1954. Introduction by Habīb Mas'ūd.
    1. Rubā'iyyāat Farhāt
    2. al-Rabī' [Spring]
    3. al-Sayf [Summer]
    4. al-Kharīf [Autumn]
  • Qāla al-rāwī [The Narrator Speaks], Damascus: Syrian Ministry of Culture, 1965
  • Fawākih rij'iyyah [Late Fruits], Damascus: Syrian Ministry of Culture, 1967
  • Matla' al-shitā [Approach of Winter], Cairo: Maktabat al-Qāhirah, 1967

References
  1. Salma Khadra Jayyusi (2010). "Ilyās Farhāt". In Roger Allen (ed.). Essays in Arabic Literary Biography: 1850-1950. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 86–93. ISBN 978-3-447-06141-4. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  2. Mounah Abdallah Khouri (1987). Studies in contemporary Arabic poetry and criticism. Jahan Book Co. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-936665-02-3. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
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