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Ahmed Shawqi an Egyptian poet and dramatist who pioneered the modern Arab literary movement, most notably introducing the genre of poetic epics to the Arab literary tradition. Shawqi also produced distinctive poetry that is widely considered to be the most prominent of the 20th century Arab literary movement. His family (Kurdish Origin) was prominent. He finished law school, obtaining a degree in translation. Shawqi was then offered a job in the court of the Khedive Abbas II.

After a year working in the court of the Khedive, Shawqi was sent to continue his studies in Law at the Universities of Montpellier and Paris for three years. While in France, he was heavily influenced by the works of French playwrights, most notably Molière and Racine.

He returned to Egypt in 1894, and remained a prominent member of the Arab literary culture until the British forced him into exile in southern Spain, Andalusia, in 1914. Shawqi remained there until 1920, and then returned to Egypt. In 1927 he was crowned by his peers as the Prince of Poets in recognition of his considerable contributio

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Ahmed Shawqi was born in Cairo and died in 1932. Shawki came at a time when Arabic poetry was weak in idea and style. So, his poetry was a step towards innovation through his prolific poetic writings and their variation, whether poems, poetic plays and epics, and prose books. 
He was the first to write poetic plays in Arabic. He has a statue at the Garden of Immortals in Rome. In 1968 the UNESCO celebrated the anniversary of his birth. 
He had full command of French, Turkish, Greek and English languages that helped him in reading Turkish and Greek literature, particularly the Greek theatre which inspired western writers. 
He was deeply impressed by French literature, as he followed the steps of La Fontaine’s fables voiced by animals. He also followed the same line of Victor Hugo in politics, patriotism and national history, and Racine and Moliere in poetic plays. 
In 1927, he was chosen the Prince of Poets by Egyptian and Arab poets at a ceremony held at the Opera House in Cairo. 
In March 1996, his house was turned into a museum inaugurated by the First Lady Mrs. Suzanne Mub
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Ahmed Shawqi

Egyptian poet

This article is about the poet. For other individuals with similar names, see Ahmed Shawki.

Ahmed Shawqi (Arabic: أحمد شوقي, ALA-LC:Aḥmad Shawqī, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation:[ˈʔæħmædˈʃæwʔi]; 1868–1932), nicknamed the Prince of Poets (Arabic: أمير الشعراءAmīr al-Shu‘arā’), was an Egyptianpoet laureate, linguist, and one of the most famous Arabic literary writers of the modern era in the Arab World.[1]

Life

Shawqi was born in Cairo on October 17, 1868, to a wealthy family of mixed Egyptian, Circassian, Turkish, Kurdish, and Greek roots.[2][3][4] His family was prominent and well-connected with the court of the Khedive Ismael of Egypt.

At the age of four, he joined a kuttab in the Sayyida Zeinab neighborhood, memorising there parts of the Holy Qur'an and learning the principles of reading and writing.[5]

Upon graduating from high school, he attended law school for two years, before joining the then-recently founded school of translation, which aimed to train civil serv

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