Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol

Egyptian poet

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1940

Date of Death: 21-May-1983

Profession: poet

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol (Egyptian Arabic: ??? ??? ?????? ?????, IPA: ['?æmæl æbol'?æ?sem 'don?ol]; 1940 – 1983) was an Egyptian poet whose poems were influenced by Greek mythology, then pre-Islamic and Islamic imagery to modernize Arabic poetry.
He was born in Qena and completed his secondary education there in 1957.
He attended the faculty of Arts in 1958 just after his graduation from the secondary education stage.
He dropped out to work as an employee at Qena Court of Justice as well as the Customs Department of Suez and Alexandria and the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation for a living before the end of his first year in the faculty. He died in 1983 after long-time illness.