Adonis Ali Ahmad Said Esber
Syrian-Lebanese poet who is the most important living poet in the Arabic language. His Mihyar of Damascus and later collections transformed Arabic poetry by introducing free verse and surrealism.
Works
- Songs of Mihyar of DamascusMystical poem-cycle about a legendary Damascus poet-lover and spiritual seeker
- The Songs of MihyarReissue of the mystical poem-cycle about transformation and love
- Transformations of the Lover
- Concerto al-Quds
- Selected PoemsRepresentative poems from the Syrian modernist and avant-garde poet