Mamdouh Adwan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mamdouh Adwan

Syrian writer and critic

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1941

Place of Birth: Qayrun, Hama Governorate, Syria

Date of Death: 19-Dec-2004

Profession: poet, playwright, translator, film critic, literary critic, critic, theatre critic

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Mamdouh Adwan (Arabic: ????? ??????, 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.