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Also Known As ʿAlī Aḥmad Saʿīd Isbar • Adňnīs • Adūnīs
Born 1930 (age 96) • Syria
Awards And Honors PEN/Nabokov Award (2017)
Notable Works “Al-Thābit wa al-mutaḥawwil”
Movement / Style Modernism • avant-garde

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