Ibrahim Nagi

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Ibrahim Nagi
Medical Doctor
LanguageArabic
NationalityEgyptian
Literary movementNeo-romanticism, "Apollo Sociaty"

Ibrahim Nagi (

Arabic: إبراهیم ناجي) (1898–1953) was an Egyptian polymath; a poet, author, translator, and practicing medical doctor. He was among the contributors of Al Siyasa, newspaper of the Liberal Constitutional Party.[1]

Early life

Nagi was also a doctor in internal medicine. Nagi's most famous poem is

Om Kalthoom. He was a co-founder of the Cairo "Apollo Society" for Romantic Poetry. He married Samia Sami and had three daughters: Amira (who had a daughter, Samia Mehrez
, and a son, Mohammed), Dawheya (who went to live in America and had a son- Ahmad, and a daughter- Shahira), and Mohassen.

Bibliography

  • Behind the Fog, 1934.
  • In the Temple of the Night, 1948.
  • Cairene Nights, 1951.
  • The Bird Wounded, 1953.

The legacy of Ibrahim Nagi in the literary studies

The poetry of Ibrahim Nagi is an object of studies of several literary critics. Nagi's legacy was noted by Abdul Rahman Ghazi al Gosaibi, Hasan Tawfiq and Saleh Jawdat.

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