Adunis
Syrian poet, writer and translator
- Born
- 1 January 1930, Al-Qassabin
- Age
- 96
- Birth name
- علي أحمد سعيد إسبر
Ali Ahmad Said Esber (born 1 January 1930), also known by the pen name Adonis or Adunis, is a Syrian poet, essayist and translator. Maya Jaggi, writing for The Guardian stated "He led a modernist revolution in the second half of the 20th century, "exerting a seismic influence" on Arabic poetry comparable to T. S. Eliot's in the anglophone world."
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