Wadih Saadeh

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Wadih Saadeh
Born	July 6, 1948 Chabtine (Shabtine), Lebanon
Occupation	Journalist and poet
Spouse	Aurore Stephan
Children	Rayan, Rouad, Rana

Wadih Sa'adeh (Arabic: وديع سعادة) (born 1948) is a Lebanese-Australian poet and journalist.

Wadih Sa'adah was born in Lebanon in 1948. He has worked as a journalist in Beirut, London, Paris and Nicosia, before migrating to Australia in 1988.^[1] He then began working as a managing editor in Annahar a Lebanese newspaper published in Sydney.^{[citation needed]}

He has published 10 poetry books in Arabic, some being translated into English, German, French, Spanish and other languages.^[1]

He has participated in many poetry festivals, in Australia and internationally (Kholn,Berlin,Lodeve...).^{[citation needed]}

Wadih Sa'adeh is considered by critics to have a distinctive voice in modern Arabic poetry.

The Palestinian poet Mahmood Darwish recently wrote "Wadih Sa'adeh's book "Most Likely Due to a Cloud" (Arabic: بسبب غيمة على الأرجح) is one of the most important collections of poetry I have read in recent years".

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• Wadih Sa'adeh's Poetry Site
• Wadih Sa'adeh's other Poetry Site with readings of his poetry
• Translated poems into Spanish (translation)
• Translated poem into German (translation)
• 31 poems translated into French (translation)

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NAME	Saadeh, Wadih
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Lebanese-Australian poet and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chabtine, Lebanon
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH