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Biographical Data :
| Name : | Badr Shakir Al Sayyab |
| Period : | 1926 - 1964 |
| Biographical detail : | An Iraqi poet.
Sayyab was the most famous of the post-world War II left-wing Arab poets. He introduced new form of Arabic verse, which differed from traditional Arabic meters. The English poet T S Eliot said to have influenced him. |
 | | | (Compiler : M. Nauman Khan / Ghulam Mohiuddin) |
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