Ali Ahmad Said Esber (born 1 January 1930), also known by the pen name Adonis or Adunis (Arabic: أدونيس ), is a Syrian poet, essayist and translator. 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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1 January 1930 (age 95) Al Qassabin, Latakia, Syria
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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