Muhyi al-Din Faris
Muhyi al-Din Faris (Arabic: محي الدين فارس, romanized: Muḥyī al-Dīn Fāris; 1936 – 15 May 2008) was a Sudanese poet. He first emerged in the 1950s and was considered one of the most prominent poets of the Sudanese Free Poetry School, which was an influential movement of Sudanese poetry in Egypt that also includes Muhammad al-Fayturi, Gely Abdel Rahman, and Taj El-Sir El-Hassan. Faris was born on Argo Island in Dongola, Sudan; grew up in Alexandria, Egypt; and went to university in Cairo. Faris worked in Sudan as a schoolteacher, lecturer, and educational inspector until his retirement in 1992. He died at the age of 72 and left behind several poetry collections.[1][2][3]
Muhyi al-Din Faris | |
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 Muhyi al-Din Faris, 1970s | |
| Native name | محي الدين فارس |
| Born | 1936 Argo Island, Dongola, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan |
| Died | May 15, 2008 (aged 72) Omdurman, Republic of the Sudan |
| Occupation | Poet, teacher |
| Language | Arabic |
| Alma mater | University of Cairo |
| Years active | 1950s-2008 |
Biography
His nasab (patronymic name) is Muhyi al-Din bin Faris bin Ahmad bin Abd al-Mawla. He was born in 1936 in Argo Island, a historical town in Dongola, Northern Sudan, which at the time was part of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Faris lived in Egypt as a child and completed his primary, intermediate, and secondary studies in Alexandria; and attended both Cairo University and Al-Azhar University.[2] Faris worked in the educational sector as a teacher for the Sudanese Ministry of Education, a lecturer at University of Bakhtalruda, and as an educational inspector in Wad Madani until his retirement in 1992.[2][1]
Poetry
Muhyi al-Din Faris first emerged as a poet in the 1950s; he published his poetry in newspapers and magazines, and was considered one of the most-prominent poets of the Sudanese Free Poetry School, which he formed with Muhammad al-Fayturi, Gely Abdel Rahman, and Taj El-Sir El-Hassan. The organization intended to create an influential literary movement in Egypt.[1]
Faris's style focuses on the concurrence of free verse and traditional poetry, and later shifted from symbolism to realism poetry. He alternated both styles, and added to his work's symbolism by adding more depth and vivid experiences. His poetry has several trends, the most prominent of which is its symbolic style. His collection The Clay and the Nails (Arabic: الطين و الاظافر) was published in 1956 with an introduction by critic Mahmoud Amin Al-Alam, who stated: "The poet transcends the eloquence of the singular word and phrase to the eloquence of a general context of the literary work; The rhetoric of building and deep-rooted structuring, internal relations between social content and artistic formulation."
Faris published more collections of poetry, including Nuqūsh ʿalá wajh al-mafāzah (Arabic: نقوش علی وجه المفازة) (1978), The Broken Lantern (Arabic: القنديل المکسور) (1997) and Tasābīḥ ʻāshiqah (Arabic: تسابيح عاشقة) (2000). The poems from these and other collections were published in Sudanese and Arab newspapers and magazines. His works were circulated especially by Gulf publications such as the Kuwaiti Al-Arabi and the Saudi Al-Faisal.[1]
Works
Poetry collections:
References
Citations
- Awadh 2015, p. 760.
- Al-Jaburi, Kamel Salman (2003). Mu'jam Al-Shu'ara' min Al-'Asr Al-Jahili Hatta Sanat 2002 معجم الشعراء من العصر الجاهلي حتى سنة 2002 [Dictionary of poets from the pre-Islamic era until 2002] (in Arabic). Vol. 5 (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah. p. 352.
- Muhammad, Abd al-Qadir (10 January 2021). "محيي الدين فارس.. لن يحيد عن الكفاح." (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- "وفاة الشاعر السوداني محيي الدين فارس". alyaum (in Arabic). 18 May 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
Sources
- Awadh, Abd al-Rahman (2015). Hamdi, al-Sakkut (ed.). Qāmūs al-Adab al-ʻArabi al-Hadith قاموس الأدب العربي الحديث [Dictionary of Modern Arabic Literature] (in Arabic) (first ed.). Cairo, Egypt: General Egyptian Book Organization. ISBN 9789779102146.