Author

Abu al-Ala al-Maarri

973 – 1057 · Ma'arrat al-Nu'man, Syria · Syrian

Blind Arab poet and philosopher, born in Ma'arrat al-Nu'man, Syria, in 973 and died there in 1057; he lost his sight at the age of four to smallpox. His best-known works are the Luzumiyyat and the Epistle of Forgiveness.

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