Badr Shakir Al-Sayyab Complete poetic works

Dr. Shakir Al-Sayyab was born in Basra Governorate in southern Iraq (December 25, 1926 – December 24, 1964), an Iraqi poet considered one of the founders of free verse in Arabic literature. He was highly sensitive, felt alienation, and did not find stability in society, viewing existence through his psychological alienation and individuality that prevented his integration into the communities he lived in; he was among the most ambitious people, and among the most inclined to political and social revolution, but the fluctuations of circumstances and days, and the struggles of peoples and rulers filled him with disgust. He was aided in this by a deep tendency towards pessimism, psychological complexes, diseases, and calamities that increased his resentment, sharpness, and agitation. Al-Sayyab was known for his strong love of reading and research, and for reading everything he came across of books and studies on various topics. His friend, Professor Faisal Al-Yasiri, pointed this out, saying: "Al-Sayyab was a diligent reader; he read extensively in world literature and global culture, and he also read for major contemporary poets with authentic understanding through the English language, which he mastered. He was not very talkative, but he was proud that he was from Basra; the city that produced Al-Akhfash, Bashar bin Badr, Al-Jahiz, Sibawayh, Al-Farazdaq, Ibn al-Muqaffa, and Al-Farahidi." Number of parts: Two Number of pages: 528 Year of publication: 2020 Publisher: Dar Al-Rafidain for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution