Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol
Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol (Egyptian Arabic: أمل ابو القاسم دنقل, IPA: [ˈʔæmæl æbolˈʔæːsem ˈdonʔol]; 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 peoples Solidarity Organization for a living before the end of his first year in the faculty. He died in 1983 after long-time illness.
Early life and education
Amal was born in Qfta, an administrative division of Qena in upper egypt in 1940.Amal was given his name,which stands for hope and is commonly given to girls, because he was born in the very same year his father got his degree fro Al Azhar. Donqol's father, an Azhar graduate, who wrote classic poetry, possessed a library full of books in the various Islamic litering modes of which his son took advantage.He died when Donqol was ten years old and at such an early age,the son had to sustain his mother and two younger brothers. He completed his secondary education in Qena in 1957. In 1958, he enrolled in the Faculty of Arts,Cairo University. Before the end of his first year, he dropped out to work for a living as an employee at the Qena Court of Justice,the Customs Departments in Suez and Alexandria and the Afro-Asian peoples Solidarity Organization.But he was always running away to poetry.
personal life
He was married to an Egyptian journalist Abla Elrowainy.
Published works
- Crying in front of zarqaa el yamama-1969
- Comments on what has happened-1971
- Murdering of the moon-1974
- The coming promise-1975
- New documents about basous war-1983
- Papers of room number 8-1983
Death
Amal died on 21 may 1983 after 3 years of suffering from cancer.
External links
- Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol at Egyptian State Information Service