Apollo (journal)
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| Editor | Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi |
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| Categories | Literary magazine |
| Founder | Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi |
| Founded | 1932 |
| First issue | September 1932 |
| Final issue | 1934 |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Arabic |
| Website | Apollo |
Apollo (
Egyptian Arabic: اپولو; DMG: Apūllū) was an Arabic magazine, which appeared in Egypt from 1932 to 1934.[1][2] The first issue was published in September 1932.[3] Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892–1955) was the founder of the magazine.[2] He was also the publisher of the first 25 issues and founded simultaneously the "Apollo Poet Society"[4] which was dedicated to the renewal of Arab poetry and the disposal of traditional conventions.[5]
Abu Shadi was not only a poet and author of numerous papers on politics, social reform, Islam and art but also a translator of some works by
Shakespeare.[6] His journal became an important medium for experimental Arabic poetry outside of Egypt and was considered to be a pioneer of modern Arabic literature.[7]
After working as a publisher he went to the
University of Alexandria to teach medicine and finally emigrated to New York in 1946. There he edited various Arab diaspora magazines.[8]
In 1957 another magazine entitled Shi'r was established in Beirut, Lebanon, by the Shi'r movement which was significantly affected by the poetic approach of the Apollo Poet Society and Apollo.[9]
References
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- JSTOR 25802896.
- ^ J. Brugmann, An Introduction to the History of Modern Arabic Literature in Egypt (in German), London: Brill, pp. 151–204
- ^ "أحمد زكي أبو شادي" (in Arabic). Khayma. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Trends and movements in modern Arabic poetry (in German), London: Brill, p. 370
- ^ Slimane Z.Ghidour, La poésie arabe moderne entre l'Islam et l'Occident (in German), Paris: Karthala, p. 126
- JSTOR 1570475.