Mamdouh Adwan (Arabic: ممدوح عدوان, 23 November 1941 – 19 December 2004) was a prolific Syrian writer, poet, playwright and critic. He published his first collection of poetry, al-Dhul al-Akhdhar [The Green Shadow] in 1967 and since then has published 18 further collections. He has also published two novels, twenty-five plays, translated twenty-three books from English including the Iliad, the Odyssey and a biography of George Orwell and Report to Greco by Nikos Kazantzakis, and wrote a number of television series. He wrote regularly on Arab current affairs, and also taught at the Advanced Institute for Theater in Damascus.
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23 November 1941 Qayrun near Masyaf, Hama, Syria
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19 December 2004 (aged 63) Damascus, Syria
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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