Abdul Wahab al-Bayati

Abdul Wahab al-Bayati was born in Baghdad on 19 December 1926. A graduate in Arabic language and literature of the Baghdad teacher training college in 1950, he taught in secondary schools, contributed to the review al-Thaqafa al-jadida and was dismissed from teaching for his left-wing commitments. Exiled in 1954, he lived in Lebanon, Syria and Egypt, then, after 1958, was cultural attaché in Moscow, where he taught. He later lived in Cairo and from 1980 was cultural attaché in Madrid. He died in Damascus on 3 August 1999.

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• Poetryأباريق مهشمةAbdul Wahab al-Bayati · 1954not translated into EnglishLiterature